Living with obesity can affect your physical health and mental well-being.
Effects on your Mental health can include:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Low self-esteem
- Negative self-talk
- Body dissatisfaction
- Disordered eating/eating disorders
Effects on your Physical Health can include:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Hypertension
- Elevated cholesterol
- Gout
- Fatty liver disease
- Infertility
- Cancer
- Sleep apnoea
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (heartburn)
- Osteoarthritis
Living with obesity can clearly affect your health related quality of life, through physical ill health it can place limitations on your ability to carry out everyday tasks such as walking and self care or being able to work. In some cases living with obesity can restrict you from doing things that you enjoy for example being active with your children or going to the cinema or theatre. This can often contribute to a cycle of feeling low in mood about our situation and lead us to seek comfort from food.
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