What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?

Understand the risks of multiple diseases and symptoms in the adult through the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NIH)

Do you know that nearly ten people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight? If you are overweight, reducing some weight can help you better control your diabetes.

Obesity trends, economic impacts, national planning and other resources for health care workers

* Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more, and obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or more

1NHLBI Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: A Systematic Review of the Obesity Expert Panel. [PDF - 5.89 MB]

Clinical guidelines for identification, evaluation and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults. [PDF-1.25MB]

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1.6 billion adults over the age of 15 were overweight, at least 400 million adults were obese and at least 20 million people were obese. Children of unsatisfied age are overweight for five years. Experts believe that as the current trend continues until 2015, approximately 2.3 billion adults become overweight and more than 700 million people become obese. The seriousness of the obesity problem has serious consequences for individual and government health systems. Obesity is a problem as obesity increases the health of individuals as it increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions. Obesity means that your body's fat is too risky to endanger your health. However, obesity is not an opinion at all. Excessive body fat can cause many diseases. Over the past 10 years, obesity and overweight are a global problem

People with overweight or obesity will face many health problems, bad consequences and concerns. In fact, being overweight or obese increases the risk of those suffering from many diseases and health conditions. Unfortunately, the US obesity rate is rising. With this statistic, an incredible cost has been incurred. Researchers found that men who measured up to 10% of waist circumference were 20 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men with a minimum waist circumference reduction rate of 10%. In addition, waist measurements help predict that people with low or normal weight are more likely to develop diabetes.

Because obesity is at high risk of developing several chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, high prevalence of overweight and obesity affects the health of the population in the United States (2). Reducing obesity is considered a public health priority from the health, medical expenses and longevity impact 4. Individuals will work together to achieve realistic weight loss goals such as: up to 2 pounds per week, 10% of baseline body weight, or cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure, high fat 3 to 5% symptoms and hyperglycemia in case of bloody), then baseline weight. (Evaluation: strong, urgent)