Overweight is defined as fat accumulation that may impair health.
The affects of obesity include:
- insulin resistance
- high blood pressure
- atherosclerosis (Artery Wall Thickens as White blood cells invade)
- cardiovascular disease
- stroke
- some cancers including breast, endometrial and colon cancer
- type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus)
- sleep apnoea
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