Personal Account of Being Obese - 1216 Words

When it comes to Obesity i am one of it victims.I have been suffering from it for the past 7 years. Obesity was basically the trigger of all diseases that were in my genetics chain and not to mention the diseases that Obesity forms. In my genetics Blood Pressure,various heart diseases,Diabetes,Bursitis of the knee,Fatigue,Sleep Apnea,Chronic Fatigue syndrome and the one I most hate Insomnia. All of these diseases are present in my genetics some triggered and some on the brink of being triggered to make my life even worse. I have been a victim of Doctors play or basically a Lab rat to be more verbal , many doctors were trying medicines and ways of undefined curing just to make use of what they have and basically get rid of it. Obesity†¦show more content†¦And to end this sub paragraph with an example is similar condition to this addiction is Nicotine addiction where people hallucinate and suffer from migraines to joint pain that is all a signal that the brain does to tell the person to feed the addiction so when he feeds his addiction those pains stop and a good feeling flows through the body thus stating addiction Shifting over to diseases that happen during obesity but for i start did you know that there are 400,000 deaths that were caused by diseases that come from Obesity. 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