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Symptoms of Obesity

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The most obvious symptom is the increase in weight, therefore the symptoms that may be presented arise from this increase in weight that, among others, may be:

Woman asleep in the office

Difficulty in sleeping. Sleep apnoea, daytime drowsiness.

Woman with knee pain

Back and/or joint pains.

Pale person with heavy sweating

Excessive sweating.

Thermometer with crossed-out upward arrow to avoid heat

Intolerance to heat.

Body with skin folds

Infections in skin folds.

Fatigued woman sweating

Fatigue.

Confused man with question marks and a diagonal line above him

Depression.

Person holding hands to neck, sweating, pale, unable to breathe, feeling short of breath, choking or breathlessness

Feeling of shortness of breath (dyspnoea).

Signs of Obesity

The main signs also derive from the magnitude of the excess weight, the most frequent being:

  • Acanthosis nigricans (is a skin disorder, characterized by the presence of hyperkeratosis and hyperpigmentation in the skin folds and armpits).
  • Stretch marks (due to distension and rupture of the elastic fibers of the skin), vinous in the case of obesity due to endocrinological alteration (Cushing).
  • Swelling and varicose veins in the lower limbs.
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2.
  • Waist circumference greater than 94 cm in men and 88 cm in women.
  • High blood pressure level > 140/90 mmHg.
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Substantiated information by:

Alba Andreu Martí
Lilliam Flores Meneses
Silvia Cañizares Alejos

Published: 17 August 2018
Updated: 20 January 2022

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