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Obesity causes

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Causes

Causes

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Cardiomyopathy — hypogonadism — metabolic anomalies, Subaortic stenosis — short stature syndrome, Hypogonadism — mitral valve prolapse — mental retardation, Obesity — colitis — hypothyroidism — cardiac hypertrophy — developmental delay complex
Chemical / poisoning No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Amitriptyline, Cortisol, Imipramine, Citalopram, Chlorpromazine, Estrogen, Insulin, Gabapentin, Glitazones, Hormone replacement therapy , Lithium, Mirtazapine, Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), Olanzapine, Prednisolone, Prednisone, Paroxetine, Pizotifen, Propanolol, Sotalol, Sodium valproate, Sertraline, Sulphonylurea, Vigabatrin
Ear Nose Throat Ayazi syndrome, Metaphyseal dysostosis – mental retardation – conductive deafness complex
Endocrine Achard-Thiers Syndrome, Familial Adrenal adenoma, Adrenal incidentaloma, Aromatase deficiency, Borjeson Syndrome , Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome , Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Cushing syndrome, Cushing’s disease, Cardiomyopathy — hypogonadism — metabolic anomalies, Cortisone reductase deficiency, Diabetes, Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor, HAIR-AN Syndrome, Hyperadrenalism, Hyperandrogenism, Hyperinsulinism, Hyperpituitarism, Hypogonadism — mitral valve prolapse — mental retardation complex, Hypogonadotropic — hypogonadism — syndactyly complex, Hydrocephalus-obesity-hypogonadism, Hypopituitaryism, Hypothyroidism, Insulinoma, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, Mauriac syndrome, Myxedema, Obesity — colitis — hypothyroidism — cardiac hypertrophy — developmental delay complex, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome, Renal tubulopathy — diabetes mellitus — cerebellar ataxia complex, Schroeder syndrome 1, Sohval-Soffer syndrome
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Bearn-Kunkel syndrome, Obesity — colitis — hypothyroidism — cardiac hypertrophy — developmental delay complex, Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome
Genetic Alstrom’s Syndrome, Atkin-Flatiz syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Biemond syndrome type 2, Carpenter syndrome, Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type, Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome, Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome, Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome, Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q13 2 q25, Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p, Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q, Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome, Chromosome 9, partial trisomy 9p, Clark-Baraitser syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Congenital Leptin deficiency, Cortisone reductase deficiency, Duplication 5q, Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency, Inherited predisposition, Klinefelter syndrome , Laron dwarfism, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, McCune-Albright Syndrome, Mental retardation X-linked short stature obesity, Mental retardation X-linked syndromic 7, Mental retardation, X linked — precocious puberty — obesity, Mental retardation, X-linked — gynecomastia — obesity complex, Mental retardation, X-linked — hypogonadism — ichthyosis — obesity — short stature complex, Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 11, MOMO syndrome, Partial deletion chromosome 11p, Partial duplication 9p , Prolidase deficiency, Schinzel Syndrome, Stewart-Morel-Morgagni Syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, Summitt syndrome, Syndrome X, Urban rogers meyer syndrome, Vasquez Hurst Sotos syndrome, WAGR Syndrome, Williams Syndrome , Wilson-Turner X-linked mental retardation, X-linked mental retardation craniofacial abnormal microcepahly club, X-linked mental retardation-hypotonic facies syndrome, Young-Hughes syndrome
Hematologic Bearn-Kunkel syndrome
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal / Ortho Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy, Anophthalmia — short stature — obesity, Acrocephalopolysyndactyly – type 2 (ACPS 2), Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Biemond syndrome type 2, Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia, Carpenter syndrome, Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type, Clark-Baraitser syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Emerinopathy, Hyperostosis frontalis interna, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, McCune-Albright Syndrome, McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, Metaphyseal dysostosis – mental retardation – conductive deafness complex, Overgrowth syndrome, type Fryer, Stewart-Morel-Morgagni Syndrome, Sohval-Soffer syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
Neurologic Acrocephalopolysyndactyly – type 2 (ACPS 2), Bobble-head doll syndrome, Borjeson Syndrome , Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome , Chromophobe adenoma, Craniopharyngioma, Empty sella syndrome, Frohlich syndrome, Grahmann’s syndrome, Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency, Hyperpituitarism, Hydrocephalus-obesity-hypogonadism, Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypothalamus tumor, Increased intracranial pressure, Kleine-Levin-Critchley syndrome, Nguyen syndrome, Metaphyseal dysostosis – mental retardation – conductive deafness complex, Pituitary gland cancer, Polyneuropathy — mental retardation — acromicria — premature menopause, Renal tubulopathy — diabetes mellitus — cerebellar ataxia complex, Third ventricle tumor
Nutritional / Metabolic Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome, Binge eating disorder, Cardiomyopathy — hypogonadism — metabolic anomalies, Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency, Metabolic Syndrome, Nguyen syndrome
Obstetric/Gynecologic OHSS, Polycystic ovary syndrome
Oncologic Craniopharyngioma, Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor, Pituitary gland cancer, Third ventricle tumor, WAGR Syndrome
Opthalmologic Aniridia – ptosis – mental retardation – obesity familial type complex, Anophthalmia — short stature — obesity, Ayazi syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Choroideremia, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome, WAGR Syndrome
Overdose / Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric Atkin-Flatiz syndrome, Borjeson Syndrome , Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome , Biemond syndrome type 2, Clark-Baraitser syndrome, Cohen syndrome
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte Renal tubulopathy — diabetes mellitus — cerebellar ataxia complex, WAGR Syndrome
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Bearn-Kunkel syndrome
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Adiposogenital dystrophy, Albright like syndrome, Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome, Ampola syndrome, Familial obesity, Hypertrichosis-brachydactyly-obesity and mental retardation complex, Launois-Bensaude Syndrome, Leschke-Ullmann syndrome, Madelung’s Disease, Menopause, Mental retardation — blepharophimosis — obesity — web neck complex, Mental retardation — epilepsy — bulbous nose complex, Mental retardation — epileptic seizures — hypogonadism — hypogenitalism -microcephaly — obesity complex, Mental retardation — gynecomastia — obesity – X-linked , Mental retardation — nasal hypoplasia — obesity — genital hypoplasia complex, Mental retardation – unusual facies ampola type , Multiple lipomas, Overeating , Physical inactivity, Polyphagia, Prader-Willi syndrome, Pubertal obesity, Sengers-Hamel-Otten syndrome, Weight cycling

Causes by Alphabetical Order

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