What are the health effects of obesity?
Carrying the extra pounds associated with obesity stresses the body and puts you at risk for serious health issues including the following:
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Arthritis
- High cholesterol
- Type 2 diabetes
- Heart disease
- Chronic heart failure
- Stroke
- Gallbladder disease
- Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
- Depression
- Pseudotumor (increased pressure within the skull resulting in headaches, vomiting, blurred vision and other effects)
- Infertility
- Blood clots in the veins of the legs and lungs
- Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Bariatric surgery can reverse many of these conditions in a very short amount of time.