Obesity and Depression

Emotional Factors Most people are aware of the significant physical ramifications that comes with being obese.  However, there can also be emotional factors associated with obesity. Patients dealing with ...

Obesity and Hypertension

Blood Pressure is measured by two different elements – the amount of blood that your heart pumps out and the amount of resistance your arteries offer against that blood ...

Obesity and Joint Arthritis

Obesity puts a tremendous amount of pressure on weight bearing joints. Our body is not meant to support this type of excess weight.  Thus, being overweight-obese can lead to ...

Obesity and Heart Disease

Heart disease refers to several disease conditions of the heart. The most common type of heart disease, coronary artery disease can lead to heart attack, heart failure, angina (deep ...

Obesity and Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder in which, during sleep, there are periods of shallow breathing or pauses in breathing.  These periods of shallow breathing or pauses are known ...

Obesity and Insulin Resistance

(Pre-Diabetes) Most people with Insulin Resistance (a.k.a.,Pre-Diabetes) inherited this trait genetically from a relative (their Mom, Dad, or someone in their family lineage).  However, some people also ...

Obesity and Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a weight-related health condition that develops when the body becomes insulin resistant and the body’s blood sugar level becomes totally uncontrollable by the insulin produced ...

Obesity and Low Thyroid

(Hypothyroidism or Underactive Thyroid) Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland, located in the front of neck, produces too little of the hormone thyroxine (also ...

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