What are the serious obesity-related diseases?
Most importantly, being overweight and obese may cause several psychological problems like a feeling of inferiority, often caused by discrimination. Furthermore, many physical problems are related to obesity, like difficulties in breathing, personal hygiene, pain in the knees and back and skin problems. People suffering from obesity more frequently have high blood pressure and diseases related to hardening of the arteries, with blood clots in the heart and the brain. Other related problems include non-insulin dependent diabetes, gallstones, some types of cancer, difficulties in mobility and increased risk of mortality.
