{"id":2461,"date":"2019-10-29T09:15:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2019-10-29T09:15:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:15:57","slug":"women-and-men-at-risk-of-different-obesity-related-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/women-and-men-at-risk-of-different-obesity-related-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Women and men at risk of different obesity-related conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: medicalnewstoday.com<\/p>\n<p>Obesity\u00a0is one of the most common health conditions among populations around the globe.<br \/><br \/>In the United States, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that this metabolic condition affected\u00a093.3 million<span class=\"css-5a77tl undefined\"><span class=\"sro\">Trusted Source<\/span><\/span>\u00a0adults in 2015\u20132016.<\/p>\n<p>This health issue concerns doctors, in part, because it can predispose individuals to developing other conditions, including\u00a0type 2 diabetes,\u00a0heart disease, and some forms of\u00a0cancer.<\/p>\n<p>But the risks of developing additional health problems are different for women, compared with men, according to a new study from the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the study suggests that obesity may increase the risk for more \u2014 and more diverse \u2014 health conditions than doctors had previously realized.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers published a summary of their findings in\u00a0<em>PLOS Genetics<\/em>\u00a0this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is increasingly evident that obesity negatively impacts human health, and the prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Both overall obesity and fat distribution [&#8230;] have been linked to cardiometabolic diseases and death in observational studies,&#8221; the authors note in the introduction to their study paper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However,&#8221; they add, &#8220;sex-specific relationships are largely unexplored, as is the role that obesity traits play in the leading causes of death beyond these cardiometabolic diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Women face higher diabetes risk<\/h2>\n<p>For the current research, first author Dr. Jenny Censin and colleagues analyzed genetic information and three different measures of obesity in a cohort of 228,466 women and 195,041 men.<\/p>\n<p>The measures of obesity were: body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio, and waist-hip ratio adjusted for BMI. The investigators were able to access these data via the\u00a0UK Biobank.<\/p>\n<p>Through this analysis, Dr. Censin and the team found that obesity can increase a person&#8217;s risk of a range of health conditions. These include\u00a0coronary artery disease,\u00a0stroke,\u00a0type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic liver disease, kidney failure, and\u00a0lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moreover, they found some differences in risk when comparing data from men and women with obesity. As it turns out, women with obesity face a higher risk of type 2 diabetes than men with obesity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Men, on the other hand, have a higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and\u00a0chronic kidney disease, compared with women who have obesity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This study shows just how harmful carrying excess weight can be to human health, and that women and men may experience different diseases as a result,&#8221; says Dr. Censin.<\/p>\n<p>These findings, the team notes, add to the evidence that preventing and treating obesity is a crucial step in preventing the emergence of other health conditions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote\" style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Given the compelling evidence of harm that arises as a consequence of obesity across a broad range of diseases that result in death, our findings highlight the critical need for public health measures to stem the tide of obesity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Going forward, the evidence that obesity likely contributes to such a wide range of health conditions could reshape public health strategies aimed at prevention, the investigators note.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[520,1058,636,51,476],"class_list":["post-2461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cardiology","tag-diabetes","tag-fitness","tag-obesity","tag-weight-loss"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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