Microplastic "A threat to human life"

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     Plastics: A life threatening problem Plastic is one of the life threatening problem of world. Now, the situation is out of the neck on garbage management issue.  Microplastics in drinking water :- Microplastics are every where in our environment it have been detected in marine water, wastewater, fresh water , food air and drinking water, both bottled and tap water. Microplastics enter freshwater environment in a number of ways :-  Image 1 primarily from surface run-off and wastewater effluent (both treated and untreated),  but also from combined sewer overflows,  industrial effluent degraded plastic waste and atmospheric deposition. The limited evidence show that some microplastics found in drinking water may come from treatment and distribution system for tap water and bottling or bottled water.

Obesity and it's Effects?

    Obesity and fat: Problem of new generation  

The obesity in Indian population increase much more than that of the other countries and also greater than that of the worlds average obesity increase. At the present time it is also become a part of the life threatening diseases in India.

Obesity and overweight in terms of BMI :-

  • In terms of Body mass Index (BMI) when a person body mass is 25 than it is a overweight category but when a person Body mass index achieves over 30 is obese.
  • overweight and obesity both are the result of the accumulation of the fat which creates health risk in peoples.
Causes of obesity and overweight:-

Food habit:-

People gain weight when they consume more calories than they burn through physical activities. This lack of balance is the largest region of weight gain.
  • Introduce more vegetables and fruits in food habits.
  • Introduce the consumption of cereals and pulses.
  • Reduce the consumption of carbohydrate and fat rich foods. for example:- Rice, potato.
  • Reduce the consumption fat bomb like chocolate , milk products.

Environment:-

The environment around us influence the weight management.
  • Availability of area parks, walking area, and economical gyms makes it hard for people to active in physical works.
  • Oversized food portion drastically increased in Indian's calorie intake, which make peoples more physically active to maintain their weight.
  • Advertisement of foods which are unhealthy foods for example high-fat snacks and sugary drinks.

Genetics:-

There is the direct involvement of the genes in obesity and overweight of peoples. They are suffering form Prader-will-syndrome.

Other factors of overweight and obesity:-

There are some hormones which can cause overweight and obesity For example:- underactive thyroid.

  • There are some medicine which can cause the weight gain and obesity like corticosteroids, Anti-depressants, and seizure medicines.

Stress:-

  • Some people eats more than usual when they are stressed ,bored or tensed.
Poor Sleep:-

  • Sleep controls the hormonal balance of body which are responsible for the obesity and fait gain.
  • Sleep timely and at least 8 hours of sleep is necessary for proper functioning of body.


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