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Obesity
What is Obesity?
Often, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, gallstones, and hyperlipidemia are a result of obesity. It also leads to many other diseases like those affecting the coronary artery and degenerative joints diseases, psychosocial disability, and even some forms of cancer. This cancer primarily affects the rectum, the colon, as well as the prostate in males and the breast, the ovaries, the uterus, and the biliary tract in females.
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