What happens if you have too much body fat?

Excess body fat contributes to major causes of death and disability, including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, fatty liver, and depression. Faced with these risks, it’s no wonder that you want to know how much you should weigh.

What conditions can be caused by excess body fat?

It makes you more likely to have conditions including:

• Heart disease and stroke.
• High blood pressure.
• Diabetes.
• Some cancers.
• Gallbladder disease and gallstones.
• Osteoarthritis.
• Gout.
• Breathing problems, such as sleep apnea (when a person stops breathing for short episodes during sleep) and asthma.

Why do I have so much body fat?

Why do so many of us get so fat? the answer appears obvious. “The fundamental cause of obesity and overweight,” the World Health Organization says, “is an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended.” Put simply, we either eat too much or are too sedentary, or both.

Does being fat make you unhealthy?

Yes, obesity brings with it health risks — a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, joint pain, arthritis, according to Harvard Health.

What are 5 effects of obesity?

Consequences of Obesity

• All-causes of death (mortality)
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, or high levels of triglycerides (Dyslipidemia)
• Type 2 diabetes.
• Coronary heart disease.
• Stroke.
• Gallbladder disease.
• Osteoarthritis (a breakdown of cartilage and bone within a joint)

What are the chances of dying from obesity?

Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. 44\% of the diabetes burden, 23\% of the ischaemic heart disease burden and between 7\% and 41\% of certain cancer burdens are attributable to overweight and obesity.