Ryan D
Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Nov;31 Suppl 2:S3-7; discussion S31-2. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803729.
Obesity can have an adverse impact on health at each stage of a woman's life cycle. In young women, obesity has an impact on psychosocial health and, as they grow older and become parents, on their reproductive health. Obesity also imposes a number of serious risks during pregnancy. In older women, obesity is associated with the emergence of a number of related chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and increased risk for almost all types of cancer. Of concern in the elderly is the increasing evidence that obesity is an independent risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Obesity also has a marked impact on life expectancy. The medical risks associated with obesity in women are also important for the woman's children and future generations. There is emerging evidence that nutrition during fetal and early life can influence risk for obesity and chronic diseases for both sexes.
肥胖会在女性生命周期的每个阶段对健康产生不利影响。在年轻女性中，肥胖会影响心理社会健康，而随着她们年龄增长并成为母亲，还会影响生殖健康。肥胖在孕期也会带来一些严重风险。在老年女性中，肥胖与多种相关慢性病的出现有关，如2型糖尿病和心血管疾病，并且几乎所有类型癌症的风险都会增加。在老年人中，令人担忧的是越来越多的证据表明肥胖是痴呆症和阿尔茨海默病的独立危险因素。肥胖对预期寿命也有显著影响。与女性肥胖相关的医学风险对其子女和后代也很重要。新出现的证据表明，胎儿期和生命早期的营养会影响两性肥胖和慢性病的风险。
