According to medical experts, obesity is expected to become an indirect but leading cause of mortality and morbidity. It is a chronic medical condition that results in hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease and insulin resistance. Such factors contribute towards cardiovascular disease, which is a leading cause of death. These metabolic factors also significantly raise the risk for myocardial infarction, stroke and angina.
Non-life threatening conditions linked to obesity include osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, gout and gallstones. Subsequent development of a broad set of complications - including atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes - lead to an increased mortality rate. In addition, obesity predisposes to prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers.
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