Symptoms of Obesity

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Mild obesity is relatively harmless, but severe obesity can be dangerous to your health in the long term. It can cause both immediate day-to-day symptoms and longer-term health risks.

Symptoms of obesity include:

shortness of breath,
inability to sustain sudden exertion,
excess tiredness every day, and
leg-joint and back pains.

Long-term health risks include increased risk of:

high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes,
high blood cholesterol,
breast cancer in women,
gallbladder disease,
reflux oesophagitis and its complications (the flowing of acid back up the gullet),
arthritis of the back, hips, knees and ankles,
diabetes and poorer control of established diabetes,
polycystic ovary disease, and
reduced life expectancy overall.