Obesity or excess body weight appears to be a threat to human health for various reasons. Excess body weight means accumulation of excess fat in the body resulting in heart diseases, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, etc.

A short account of excess body weight and health risks or various health hazards associated with excess body weight is presented below:

Excess body weight or obesity is the main cause for osteoarthritis. This excess body weight cause problems in knee, wrist or backbone. Sometimes the bones are detached and put pressure on nerves. This may need surgical operation also. Besides, obesity or excess body weight may cause the problem like carpal tunnel syndrome due to gout, increase in blood uric acid level, or pressure on nerves.

The elasticity of abdominal muscle becomes weak as a result of obesity and increase the risk of hernia. This risk may be extended also to stitching after any surgery.

The veins in the legs get swelled and become blue (varicose vein) due to excess body weight.

The risk to develop gall stones is higher in case of people with excess body weight.  The risk is more in case of women beyond 40 years of age with obesity. Besides, the cause of food coming up through esophagus (reflux) is also due to excess body weight. Accumulation of fat in kidney or fatty liver is a common problem of people with excess body weight. Researches also indicate that excess body weight is also responsible for cancer of intestine.

The people with excess body weight are more vulnerable to diabetes as compared to others. Moreover, the manifestation of complications associated with diabetes appears to be more in case of people with obesity.

The people with excess body weight have more nose-noise at night. The main cause of respiratory obstruction (sleep apnea) is obesity. Besides, the people with excess body weight get tired with little labor.

The excess body weight is the cause for developing cyst in the uterus as well as for loss of fertility in women. Besides obesity appears to be associated with breast cancer as well as cancer of ovary.

Various skin related problems like transformation of skin color to black, infection in skin folders (Candida infection) and deposit of water in lymph nodes are the problems of people with excess body weight.

It has also been proved that the gaining of overweight or excess body weight cum obesity is also associated with various psychological problems.

Under the above backdrop Researchers and Scientists around the globe are advocating more intensely to maintain appropriate body weight in order to manage the obesity and health risks and reduce the risks of excess body weight and intensity of different fatal diseases associated with excess body weight or gaining overweight.

Regular physical activity including walking is an essential part to maintain good and sound health. Physical inactivity tends to increase the risk of non-communicable diseases and affect general health. An estimate indicates that physical inactivity is the main cause for approximately 21-25% of breast and colon cancers, 27% of diabetes, and 30% of ischemic heart disease.  The estimate also shows that the physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality and causes 6% of all deaths.  The risk of heart disease, diabetes, depression, and breast and colon cancers can be reduced by regular physical activity.  The regular physical activity vis-à-vis walking thus can keep you healthy and save your life. Expert opinion suggests that adults should do at least 150 minutes per week of physical activity of moderate intensity such as walking, cycling, or sports. 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activity per day for children and adolescents are suggested as well.

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Radish is a popular vegetable. It is tasty as well as full of quality nutrients. Radish can be used as vegetables as well as it can be cooked with other food items.

The quality characteristics of radish fighting against different human health problems are given below:

Prevention of Jaundice:

The powerful nutrient contents of radish dive out the harmful agents from stomach and kidney. Radish aids at reducing the level of bilrubin. Besides, radish supports to increase the level of oxygen in blood.

Urinary problem:

Physicians generally prescribe diuretic type of medicine.  The radish is called natural diuretic. Radish has the capacity to reduce the urinary related pain. Besides radish can prevent many kinds of urinary infections.

Weight loss:

Radish contains low level of  calories and hence there is no fear at all for accumulating fat in the body in case of over eating of radish. Radish also contains adequate amount of fiber which has high impact on metabolic functions of the body. Besides, radish supports lowering of body weight by stimulating and increasing the intensity of metabolic functions of the body.

Fighting cancer:

Radish can fight cancer. The high level of vitamin C, anthocyanin and folic acid contents of radish are very effective for the prevention of diseases. Besides, the detoxifying capacity of radish is one of the most powerful capacities of radish to fight against cancer; especially more effective against mouth, stomach, intestine, kidney and colon cancers.

Piles cure:

Radish has no match to fight against piles. Radish reduces water loss of the body. It also aids in digestion. Research findings suggest that the tendency to develop piles is reduced considerably if radish is eaten regularly.

Skin refresher:

The vitamin contents of radish-vitamin B, zinc, phosphorus, and vitamin-C act as safety net for skin. Water content of radish helps to retain moisture level of skin.

Medicine for fever:

The temperature level in case of fever is reported to be lowered automatically when radish is eaten

Caution:

The many useful properties of radish are remarkable and health friendly . Nevertheless, those who are suffering from gastric should consider lowering the volume of eating radish. Those who are suffering from hypothyrodism, should avoid the radish,