Symptoms
Carrying too much weight may not causes noticeable and big problems but if you are little overweight or obese you may develop the symptoms, such as:
Short-term Problems
That can include:
Obesity can also cause changes that you may not notice, but that can seriously harm your health, including:
Psychological Problems
Many people may also experience psychological problems from obesity (problems to do with mental health). Which may include:
Short-term Problems
That can include:
- breathlessness,
- increased sweating,
- snoring,
- difficulty sleeping,
- inability to cope with sudden physical activity,
- feeling very tired every day, and
- back and joint pains.
Obesity can also cause changes that you may not notice, but that can seriously harm your health, including:
- high blood pressure (hypertension), and
- high cholesterol levels (fatty deposits blocking up your arteries), and
- type 2 diabetes - a chronic (long-term) condition that is caused by too much glucose in the blood.
Psychological Problems
Many people may also experience psychological problems from obesity (problems to do with mental health). Which may include:
- having low self-esteem,
- having a poor self-image (not liking how you look),
- having low confidence levels,
- feeling isolated in society, or
- having reduced mobility leading to a poor quality of life.