How Is The Cardiovascular System Affected By Obesity
Health Encyclopedia: Obesity Risks & Risk Factors
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- Introduction to Obesity
- Biologic and Medical Causes of Obesity
- Cultural and Emotional Causes of Obesity
- Obesity Complications
- Weight Loss and Maintenance
Risk Factors
Where you live plays a role in your risk for obesity. Simply living in the United States makes a person more susceptible to obesity. The prevalence of obesity in America has risen dramatically over the past few years and continues to increase.
- According to a 2002 analysis of government data, 30.5% of American adults are obese (BMI over 30) -- up from about 23% in the early 1990s.
- The number of those who were overweight also increased during that time -- from about 56% to a current rate...
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Obesity Related Complications
...studies consistently show that overweight males (both boys and men) are not as severely emotionally affected as females of any age. Women and girls tend to blame themselves for being heavy while... Read more »Heart Attack Risk Factors
...age 55Cigarette smokingDiabetesHigh blood pressureMetabolic syndrome (risk factors associated with obesity such as low HDL levels and high triglycerides)Having two or more of these risk factors... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors
...This rate, however, has stabilized in recent years, most likely because of the dramatic increase in obesity in the U.S. and other industrialized nations. There have also been minimal changes in... Read more »Causes of Obesity: Biological and Medical Causes
Biologic and Medical CausesObesity results when a person consumes more calories than energy. Several different factors may influence weight gain.About 90% of people who lose weight through dieting... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Highlights
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