If a cat is heavily infested with ticks, the parasites can drink enough blood to cause anemia (severe blood loss). Additionally, if your cat brings ticks into the house, your family members could be exposed to Lyme disease and other diseases that ticks can transmit if they bite people. Ticks can transmit a disease called cytauxzoonosis (pronounced sight-oh-zo-uh-nosis) to cats. 1  This disease causes serious illness and even death in infected cats. Cytauxzoonosis is actually caused by two parasites.
Genetic changes in human populations occur too slowly to be responsible for the obesity epidemic. Nevertheless, the variation in how people respond to the environment that promotes physical inactivity and intake of high-calorie foods suggests that genes do play a role in the development of obesity.
Child obesity. Childhood obesity can affect childrenâs health for the rest of their lives; it is directly associated with adult obesity, itself associated with many health problems. A good understanding of the causes and consequences of this problem is necessary in order to take preventive action. 1  Introduction.roblems. Obesity results in much suffering to individuals affected by this condition. Evidence from many studies indicates that childhood obesity contributes to the early development of a number of conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerotic heart disease and high blood pressure.