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The disease puts strain on the heart, which may lead to heart failure and leg swelling. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is defined as the combination of obesity and an increased blood carbon dioxide level during the day that is not attributable to another cause of excessively slow or shallow breathing. [2]
Obesity BMI. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute defines obesity as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. BMI is a measurement of body fat based on a person’s height and weight. An ...
Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that supply to the heart for its normal function. Blood vessel disorders occur in coronary arteries would affect cardiac activity. For instance, due to atherosclerosis, the plaque would obstruct and causes ischaemia - the reduction of blood flow through the arteries. Ischaemia would then result in the ...
Obesity increases a person's risk of developing various metabolic diseases, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer disease, depression, and certain types of cancer. [36] Depending on the degree of obesity and the presence of comorbid disorders, obesity is associated with an estimated 2–20 year shorter life expectancy.
Individuals who have obesity and also have diabetes or heart disease, or who are experiencing joint or back pain, or other obesity-associated medical conditions, would be considered clinically obese.
For the first time, the American Heart Association details a new cardiovascular syndrome that reflects links between obesity, diabetes, heart and kidney disease.
The obesity paradox is also relevant in discussion of weight loss as a preventative health measure – weight-cycling (a repeated pattern of losing and then regaining weight) is more common in obese people, and has health effects commonly assumed to be caused by obesity, such as hypertension, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular diseases.
Nearly 60% of U.S. adults with obesity have high blood pressure and approximately 23% have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People with obesity are also at ...