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. 2020 May 3;11(5):1071–1078. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa040

TABLE 2.

Lifelong health consequences of obesity (6, 49, 50, 51)

Domain Example
Psychological Sports and social isolation
Bullying and cyber-texting
Attention deficit disorder
Work bias
Low self-esteem
Depression
Neurological Cognitive dysfunction
Reduced school performance
Headaches
Pseudotumor cerebri
Stroke
Pulmonary Asthma
Obstructive sleep apnea
Cardiovascular Elevated blood pressure, hypertension
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Decreased cardiac contractility
Lipids: elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein
Premature atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease
Atrial fibrillation
Heart failure
Gastrointestinal Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease
Gallstones
Gastroesophageal reflux
Renal Chronic kidney disease
Urolithiasis
Endocrine Early puberty
Insulin resistance
Diabetes mellitus, type 2
Reproductive Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Infertility
Miscarriage
Preterm birth
Macrosomia
Birth defects
Musculoskeletal Pes planus, genu valgum
Slipped capital-femoral epiphysis
Blount's disease of knees
Lower extremity fractures
Degenerative joint disease/arthritis
Gout
Skin Striae
Acanthosis nigricans
Venous stasis disease
Cancer Meningioma, thyroid, breast (postmenopausal), esophageal adenocarcinoma, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidney, uterus, ovarian, colorectal, multiple myeloma