What Are the Symptoms or Implications for Diagnosis of Obesity & Diabetes?
Being overweight is generally defined as having too much body fat or being at an elevated weight, which can lead to acquiring certain diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension (elevated blood pressure), arthritis, asthma and sleep apnea. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat is associated with an array of potential comorbidities that significantly increase the morbidity and mortality of the associated condition. As much as 64 percent of the U.S. population is either overweight or obese. In order to determine a healthy body weight, a body mass index (BMI) can be calculated by using height and weight in proportion to each other.
