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     COMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY

 Obese people are at higher risk of developing:

• HYPERTENSION. (high blood pressure)

• DIABETES.

• ANGINA.

• EARLY, PREMATURE ARTHRITIS.

• FATTY LIVER.

• GASTRIC PROBLEMS.

• RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. (breathlessness, snoring)

• LIPID ABNORMALITIES.

• ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. (narrowing of arteries of heart, brain, kidneys etc due to fat deposition.)

BESIDES OBESITY CAUSES:

• DISFIGUREMENT.

• PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISTURBING.

                    ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.

Means narrowing of arteries due to deposition of fat in their walls.

                                               ARTERY

   THIS FURTHER LEADS TO:

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. (generalized narrowing of arteries.)

• ANGINA & HEART ATTACK. (Narrowing of arteries of heart.)

• STROKE. (Due to narrowing of arteries of brain causing paralysis.)

• KIDNEY FAILURE.

                          heart attacks                                 stroke                            high blood pressure

             (narrowing of arteries of heart)       (narrowing of brain arteries)      (generalized narrowing of arteries)