How can obesity lead to heart disease?
Obesity is a complex condition that is on the rise in adult women – in 2005, 35% of American women were obese. Obesity is increasing in children too. Many studies have found that obesity persists from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood. Obese adolescents are likely to become overweight adults and, as such, they are at risk for the complications of obesity—diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
