Medical Conditions Associated with Obesity
Being overweight or obese is associated with numerous other medical conditions. The longer a person lives with obesity, the more at risk they are of developing weigh-related medical conditions such as hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes, joint arthritis, heart disease, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and even cancer.
Obesity and Depression
Emotional Factors Most people are aware of the significant physical ramifications that comes with being obese. However, there can...
Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
PCOS is the most common hormonal abnormality in reproductive-age women. According current to research, 10% (one in ten) of...
Obesity and Hypertension
Blood Pressure is measured by two different elements – the amount of blood that your heart pumps out and...
Obesity and Joint Arthritis
Obesity puts a tremendous amount of pressure on weight bearing joints. Our body is not meant to support this...
Obesity and Heart Disease
Heart disease refers to several disease conditions of the heart. The most common type of heart disease, coronary artery...
Obesity and Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder in which, during sleep, there are periods of shallow breathing or pauses in...
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,...
Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
As its name suggests, Fatty Liver Disease is defined as the accumulation of fat in the liver. While this...
Obesity and Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a weight-related health condition that develops when the body becomes insulin resistant and the body’s...
Obesity and Low Thyroid
(Hypothyroidism or Underactive Thyroid) Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland, located in the front...
Obesity and Infertility
Obesity can contribute to irregularities in a woman’s menstrual cycle as well as lack of ovulation. However, studies have...
Obesity and Cancer
According to a 2014 published report by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), being overweight or obese increases the...
