Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
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Date: 11/22/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:30:47 GMT
Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
Public release date: 22-Nov-2004
Contact: Kristen Woodward
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Center for the Advancement of Health
Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have
diabetes or knee replacement surgery, and five times more
likely to have high blood pressure than women who are at
a normal weight, says a new study.
Men in the highest weight categories are eight times more
likely to have diabetes, and six times more likely to
have a knee replaced or have high blood pressure than are
their normal-weight peers, say researchers for the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
The researchers drew their conclusions from information
provided by 73,003 adults aged 50 to 76 who lived in
western Washington state.
The researchers correlated obesity with 41 health
conditions, including life-threatening conditions like
heart failure; some, like high blood pressure, that
increase the risk of more serious diseases; and health
complaints that reduce the quality of life, like insomnia
or chronic fatigue, says lead author Ruth E. Patterson,
Ph.D., R.D.
The study appears in the December issue of the American
Journal of Preventive Medicine. "No other study has
provided data on the association of obesity with such a
compendium of health conditions," Patterson says.
Carrying extra weight was tied to 37 of the 41 health
conditions studied in women and 29 of 41 conditions in
men.
In addition to diabetes, knee replacement and high blood
pressure, highly obese women were also more likely to
have a history of heart failure, gall bladder removal,
pulmonary embolism, chronic fatigue and insomnia.
However, these women also experienced slightly lower
levels of osteoporotic fractures and constipation,
Patterson says.
Highly obese men also experienced more heart failure,
fatigue, pulmonary embolism and insomnia, but slightly
lower rates of enlarged prostate.
Doctors should consider the diverse ways that increased
weight affects their patients' health when they counsel
or treat them, Patterson says.
"Effective and practical public health approaches to
preventing weight gain and treating obesity are urgently
needed," she says.
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Support for this study came from the National Cancer
Institute.
By Aaron Levin, Science Writer
Health Behavior News Service
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