Obesity
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- help each other live better and uncover the best ways to manage your health today
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What is obesity?
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.
Common symptoms reported by people with obesity
Treatments taken by people for obesity
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Compare treatments taken by people with obesity
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have obesity through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with obesity? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has obesity on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 1336 say obesity is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 85 | |
| 30s | 237 | |
| 40s | 229 | |
| 50s | 237 | |
| 60s | 235 | |
| 70+ | 620 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 683 | |
| Female | 2425 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1473 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 330 |