Health Complications of Obesity

• Increased overall premature mortality

• Adult onset diabetes

• Hypertension

• Degenerative arthritis

• Coronary artery disease

• Cancer

 • Lipid disorders

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Gallstones

• Fatty infiltration of liver

• Restrictive lung disease

• Gastrointestinal diseases

 The results so many of my patients have achieved utilizing the Eat to  Live guidelines over the  past  ten  years  rival what can be achieved with surgical weight-reduction techniques, without the as­ sociated morbidity and mortality.