Obesity risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The presence of risk factors and diseases associated with obesity are also used to establish a clinical diagnosis. Possible life-threatening risk factors that would indicate clinical treatment of obesity

• Coronary heart disease
• Type 2 diabetes
• Sleep apnea

Other risk factors

• Smoking
• Hypertension
• Age
• Family history

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