What are the consequenses of obesity?
Obesity reduces longevity and does so by contributing to a number of health problems (known as co-morbidities). Obesity co-morbidities include: type II diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and vascular disease, sleep apnea, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, acid reflux disease, gastritis and other gastrointestinal disorders, asthma and other respiratory conditions a weakened immune system, oxidative stress, intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), back problems, infertility, urinary stress incontinence, depression, anxiety and more.