Does obesity cause cerebrovascular disease? This is a question that many obese people are concerned about. So, what is obesity? A person’s weight is more than 20% of the standard weight is called obese. There is a simple formula to calculate the standard weight, that is, the standard weight (kg) is equal to the height (cm) minus 105, such as a person’s height is 165 cm, his standard weight is 165 – 105 = 60 kg. Obesity is divided into mild, moderate and severe according to different degrees. The degree of obesity exceeds 25% to 34% of the standard weight for mild, exceeds 35% to 49% of the standard weight for moderate and exceeds 59% of the standard weight for severe. Many data show that obese people have a 40% higher chance of cerebrovascular disease than the general population, and the sudden death rate is 1.86 times that of the general population. Why is obesity prone to cerebrovascular disease? Mainly because obese people are mostly accompanied by endocrine disorders, blood cholesterol, triglyceride content increased, high-density lipoprotein reduced, easy to occur atherosclerosis. In addition, obese people are also prone to diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension, which are all risk factors for cerebrovascular disease. Some research reports, obese patients are prone to cause glucose metabolism disorders, diabetes. The mechanism is that the relative insufficiency of insulin secreted by the pancreatic islet cells of obese patients will cause hunger, which will increase the amount of food eaten by people and increase the degree of obesity, which will in turn make the relative insufficiency of insulin secretion more serious, the result of this vicious circle, and eventually diabetes will occur. Diabetes can make small arteries glassy and cause hypertension and lead to cerebrovascular disease. Another common disease caused by obesity is coronary heart disease. Because the body is obese, the body surface area increases, making the heart burden increased. And the accumulation of fat on the surface of the heart, and affect the heart beat, so that the heart output is reduced, coupled with increased blood lipids and other factors to form coronary heart disease. Obesity is also likely to cause hypertension. Some data prove that the fatter the body, the more likely to suffer from hypertension. Whether it is children or adults, body mass index are proportional to the increase in blood pressure, and hypertension is a common cause of cerebrovascular disease. Thus, obesity should not be taken lightly, prevention of cerebrovascular disease should pay attention to control diet, reduce the amount of food and high-fat diet, increase activity, reduce the occurrence of obesity.