Obesity


Being obese means having too much body fat such that your health is in danger. Having too much body fat can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and many other serious medical conditions. It is important to lose weight even if you do not feel bad now due to seriousness of these risks.

The immediate symptoms of obesity include:
Breathlessness
Sweating a lot
Difficulty sleeping with snoring
Inability to cope with sudden physical activity
Feeling very tired every day, and
Back and joint pains

When you take in more calories than you burn off, you gain weight. How you eat, how active you are, are additional factors which affect how your body uses calories and whether you gain weight.

The best way of tackling obesity is to reduce the amount of calories that you eat, and exercise more. Ask your pharmacist for more details on the different treatments for obesity available.