What health conditions does morbid obesity contribute to?
Morbid obesity increases the risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure (also known as hypertension), high blood cholesterol, sleep apnea, respiratory insufficiency, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, asthma and bronchitis, degenerative disease of the Lumbo-Sacral spine, degenerative arthritis of weight-bearing joints, heartburn or reflux disease, diabetes mellitus, gallbladder disease, stress urinary incontinence, venous stasis disease, and emotional or psychological diseases, such as depression – to name a few.
Morbid obesity increases the risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure (also known as hypertension), high cholesterol, sleep apnea, respiratory insufficiency, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, asthma and bronchitis, degenerative disease of the Lumbo-Sacral spine, degenerative arthritis of weight-bearing joints, heartburn or reflux disease, diabetes mellitus, gallbladder disease, stress urinary incontinence, venous stasis disease, depression and some cancers.
