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[Obesity Discussion]

The main consequence of obesity is on your health, not on your appearance as can be seen by consequences stemming from obesity:

-- About 300,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity in the USA

-- The risk of death rises with increasing weight

-- People who are obese have a 50 to 100% raised risk of premature death from all causes, compared to individuals with a healthy weight

-- Obesity significantly raises your chances of developing heart disease

-- Obese people are twice as likely to suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) compared to people of normal weight

-- Obese people have higher levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of good cholesterol (HDL), when compared to people of normal weight

-- Obesity seriously raises your chances of suffering from Diabetes Type II

-- >80% of people with Diabetes Type II are obese/overweight

-- Obese/overweight people have a higher risk of developing endometrial cancer, colon cancer, gall bladder cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer and post-menopausal breast cancer

-- Women who gain 20 pounds (8.5 kilos) from age of 18 to midlife double their chances of developing post-menopausal breast cancer, compared to women whose weight stays the same

-- Obese people are much more likely to suffer from sleep apnea, compared to individuals with a healthy weight

-- Obese people are much more likely to suffer from asthma, compared to individuals with a healthy weight

-- Arthritis is much more common among obese people. Symptoms can improve significantly if the patient loses weight.

-- Obese pregnant women are ten times more likely to develop maternal high blood pressure, compared to women with a healthy weight

-- Obese pregnant women are much more likely to have babies who soon die or are stillborn than pregnant women of normal weight

-- Obese pregnant women are at a higher risk of giving birth to babies with neural tube defects (e.g. spina bifida)

-- A higher percentage of obese people suffer from depression, when compared to people of normal weight