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Obesity's affect on the
Excretory system
Obesity increases the risk of kidney
Obesity
disease. Obesity leads to diabetes
and high blood pressure, which can
both cause kidney diseases. It may
also damage the kidneys directly
because it makes them work that
much harder and makes them filter
more waste than usual. Over time
this extra work can lead to kidney
disease. The kidneys won’t filter
blood and waste the way they are
supposed to if you have kidney
disease. The added fat may also
cause additional bladder pressure
which leads to an overacting bladder,
which in turn leads to problems with
urination.
Obesity's affect on the
Respiratory system
Obesity affects the respiratory a lot. First
of all it decreases your lung volume,
which causes your lungs to not get
enough oxygen your body needs. This will
cause a shortness of breath that could be
a short term or could be a long lasting Nolan Wall
affect. The excess fat on your chest wall
and abdomen will cause your lungs to Reagan Schmidt
swell and become stiff. During exercise,
the lungs require more oxygen consump-
tion which will cause your lungs to work
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harder then normal. This could lead to
dyspnea, dyspnea will always make you
feel like you’re short of breath and you’ll
have a low level of oxygen in your blood.
Affects on the Body systems
There are 8 main body systems in our
body, and they are all related in some
type of way for our body to remain
healthy. Obesity can alter each system
so it cant do its job properly or to make
the system work that much harder to
keep the body healthy.
How does the Nervous
system affect obesity?
The hypothalamus plays a huge role in
regulating food intake. The hypothala-
mus is located under the midline of the
brain, just below the thalamus behind
the eyes. A few processes controlled by
the hypothalamus is our water/food
intake, hunger and thirst. Nerves
attached to the hypothalamus, when
activated, will produce the sensation of
hunger. Close to these nerve cells is an-
other set of nerves that activates 2 types
of proteins to initiate hunger, cocaine-
and amphetamine-regulated transcript
(CART) and Alpha Melanocyte Stimu-
lating Hormone (AMSH). If you damage
the hypothalamus, it will cause excessive
eating, this is called hypothalamic obesi-
ty. The striatum is another part in the
brain. It plays a big part in consuming
food. Striatal dopamine receptors are
reduced in obese people then to some-
one who’s lean.
Obesity's affect on the
lymphatic system
How does obesity
Obesity activates lymphatic leakiness
affect the immune
which is when your lymphatic vessels
system?
enlarge unexpectedly in inflamed
tissue and show increased leakiness,
There is currently a lot of
which results in reduced
research going on about the link
functionality. Obesity also decreases
between obesity and the
the initial lymphatic vessel density,
immune system. Scientists are
impairs collecting vessel pumping and
saying that obesity messes up
decreases transport of
the immune system’s mechanism
macromolecules. Obesity can cause
Lymphedema, a long term condition so it can’t properly fight
where excess fluid collects in tissues infections. Fat can disrupt the
casing swelling. It causes this disease body’s ability to produce white
from excess fat drops, lymph vessels blood cells and antibodies, and
being destroyed due to inflammation prevent inflammation.
from the fat drops, an increase in
lymph fluid production, or a decrease
in lymph clearance due to reduced
mobility.