Morbid obesity is associated with many diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Additionally, it is associated with a number of emotional problems and difficulties.
Medical risks include:
- diabetes type II
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- high triglycerides
- heart disease
- asthma
- sleep apnea
- gallstones
- fatty liver
- poor bladder control
- gastric reflux
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- joint pain
- infertility and menstrual problems
- obstetric complications
- back pain
- blood clots
- immobility
- cancer (breast, uterine, prostate, and colon)
- leg swelling and leg ulcers
- skin infections
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Emotional problems include:
- depression
- social phobia
- low self-esteem
- embarrassment
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- loneliness
- frustration
- despair
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