Consequences

If you are overweight or obese, from day to day you may: You may also have an increased risk of developing:
 * What are the health risks of being overweight or obese? **
 * Feel tired and lacking in energy.
 * Experience breathing problems
 * Feel that you sweat a lot compared with other people.
 * Develop skin irritation.
 * Have difficulty sleeping.
 * Get complaints from your partner that you snore.
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 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Impaired glucose toleranse (pre-diabetes).
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 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">High cholesterol or triglyceride levels.
 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">High blood pressure.
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 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sleep apnoea (this is when your breathing patterns are disturbed while you are sleeping, due to excess weight around your chest, neck and airways).
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 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Stress incontinence (leaking urine when you are, for example, laughing, coughing, etc).
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 * <span style="color: #404040; 0cm line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Fatty liver.