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Obesity Facts: 10 Reasons Why Obesity is Bad for You

  By Sobiya N. Moghul  posted Mar 20th 2013 at 7:30AM IN | Avg Rating
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Obesity is by definition excess of fat storage rather than weight. Men with more than 25% of total body fat and women with more than 30% total body fat are considered obese.There are many different ways to classify obesity. In accordance with endocrine and pathogen of the metabolic disease, obesity can be divided into simple obesity, secondary obesity and drug-induced obesity. Obesity, a growing health problem, is the door to a lot of illness and life threatening conditions that can make your life a living hell. Dr Ramen Goel, Head, Bariatric Surgery, Nova Specialty Surgery, Tardeo Mumbai, explains 10 reasons why obesity is bad for your health.


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  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Heart Attack
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  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Gout
  • High Cholesterol
  • GERD
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Cancer
  • Heart Failure

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