Translations:Obesity/1/en

Obesity
Silhouettes and waist circumferences representing optimal, overweight, and obese
Specialty	Endocrinology
Symptoms	Increased fat
Complications	Cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, osteoarthritis, depression
Causes	Excessive consumption of energy-dense foods, sedentary work and lifestyles and lack of physical activity, changes in modes of transportation, urbanization, lack of supportive policies, lack of access to a healthy diet, genetics
Diagnostic method	BMI > 30 kg/m2
Prevention	Societal changes, changes in the food industry, access to a healthy lifestyle, personal choices
Treatment	Diet, exercise, medications, surgery
Prognosis	Reduced life expectancy
Frequency	Over 1 billion / 12.5% (2022)
Deaths	2.8 million people per year