Health Consequences
People who are experiencing obesity, in comparison to those who are having healthy weight can also be at risk of having several serious health conditions and diseases, consisting of the following:
- Stroke
- Type 2 diabetes
- All reasons for death (mortality)
- Gallbladder disease
- Coronary heart disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Breathing problems
- Sleep apnea
- Low HDL cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol, or Dyslipidemia (high levels of triglycerides)
- Low life quality
- Many kinds of cancers
- Mental illness such as anxiety, clinical depression, and other mental disorders
- Difficulty while physical activity and body pain
- Osteoarthritis (a breakdown of bone and cartilage within a joint)