{"id":12675740,"date":"2025-02-13T21:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/why-is-obesity-dangerous-to-your-health-and-how-can-you-prevent-it\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:13:27","slug":"why-is-obesity-dangerous-to-your-health-and-how-can-you-prevent-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/why-is-obesity-dangerous-to-your-health-and-how-can-you-prevent-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is obesity dangerous to your health and how can you prevent it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>obesity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obesity is not just an appearance issue, it is a major factor in many chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Obesity Health Risks<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>Poor cardiovascular health.<\/li>\n<li>Leads to bone and joint issues.<\/li>\n<li>Increases the risk of certain cancers.<\/li>\n<li>It affects mental health and reduces quality of life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to prevent obesity<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day.<\/li>\n<li>Eat a balanced diet that minimizes sugars and saturated fats.<\/li>\n<li>Drink enough water daily.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor weight and body mass index (BMI).<\/li>\n<li>Stay away from unhealthy eating habits such as fast food.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In conclusion, getting rid of obesity is the key to better health and an active life. The decision is yours: Move more, eat healthier, and start changing now.    <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>World Health Organization. (March 21, 2024).Obesity and overweight. Retrieved from<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.who.int\/ar\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/obesity-and-overweight<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Ministry of Health. (March 19, 1445).Chronic Diseases Obesity. Retrieved from<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.moh.gov.sa\/awarenessplateform\/ChronicDisease\/Pages\/Obesity.aspx<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity is not just an appearance issue, it is a major factor in many chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, so what are the ways to prevent it?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12674753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12675740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dieting-and-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12675740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12675747,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675740\/revisions\/12675747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12674753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12675740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12675740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udhportal.bexpert.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12675740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}