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It’s common knowledge that excess weight leads to health problems. However, knowing obesity is bad for you isn’t always enough to help you lose the weight. Weight loss, much like smoking cessation, can be a difficult struggle.

Negative Health Results of Obesity

Some of the effects of obesity are very dangerous to your overall health. Many debilitating and even life-threatening conditions have been found to be caused or worsened by the added element of obesity. Some of these conditions include:

• Type two diabetes

• Some forms of cancer

• Liver disease

• High cholesterol

• High blood pressure

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[Best Syndication News] Researchers see a link between increased phosphorus levels in the blood and an increased risk for calcification in the coronary arteries, which is considered a key measurement for heart disease risk. The study will be published in the November 5th issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

The co-researcher, Katherine R. Tuttle M.D., from Providence Medical Research Center in Spokane, Washington pointed out that early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often seen with the person having an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

The researchers studied 900 healthy adults from the Spokane Heart Study. Previous studies found relationships with Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC) and atherosclerosis, which is the hardening of the arteries. At the beginning of the Spokane Heart Study there were 28 percent of the participants that had CAC. After 6 years the researchers found 33 percent of the participants developed CAC. Those that had CAC initially had an increased amount during the follow up assessment.

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Experts are warning that the UK is currently experiencing an explosion of diabetes linked to growing obesity rates.

Alarming figures just released show that the number of new cases diagnosed has climbed by over 145,000 per annum. The UK now has an estimated 2.6 million sufferers of the condition and as levels of clinical obesity soar, this looks set to continue well into the future.

Diabetes can be a life-threatening condition and is linked to heart disease, strokes, kidney failure and blindness amongst others.

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The LAP-BAND® procedure, or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery, is the second most common weight loss surgery performed in the U.S., second only to gastric bypass surgery.

Compared to gastric bypass, LAP-BAND® surgery is considered less extreme and minimally invasive because:

• Surgical incisions are small.

• There is no rerouting of the digestive system and no change in the way calories are absorbed by the body.

• There is no cutting or stapling of the stomach.

• There is less pain after surgery from incisions.

• Typically, the hospital stay is shorter.

• There is a quicker recovery time from the surgery.

• If the LAP-BAND® System ever needs to be removed, the stomach usually returns to its original form.

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During the fall months, thousands of people across the nation will walk together with friends and family to showcase the courage it takes to live every day with the difficult disease diabetes-type 1, type 2 or gestational. The lives of many thousands of people are made more difficult or shortened by this disease every year.

Every year the American Diabetes Association organizes a nationwide fundraising event called "Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes. With strong support from the local business community across America, including cash sponsorship and corporate teams, Walk to Fight Diabetes raises over $20 million to support the ADA's mission: To prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes