MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Obesity-related disease: Any disease for which obesity is a significant risk factor. Obesity increases the risk of developing a very large number of diseases, including: - Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA)
- Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI)
- Heart failure ( congestive heart failure )
- Cancer (certain forms such as cancer of the prostate and cancer of the colon and rectum )
- Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis)
- Gout and gouty arthritis
- Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis ) of the knees, hips, and the lower back
- Sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep , lowering blood oxygen)
- Pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness).
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