A new study finds obese adults are 5 to 12 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than their normal weight peers. Researchers in the United Kingdom also found obese adults also faced increased risks of heart failure and sleep apnea. Researchers said the heavier the person, the greater the risk.
Researchers said taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as adults than kids who are averaged size. The Danish study also found an increased risk among heavier children.
A new study looked at the effects of both job stress and impaired sleep on workers with high blood pressure. Researchers in Germany found workers who suffered from both problems are at three times the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Sources:
1. 2019 European Congress on Obesity
2. 2019 European Congress on Obesity
3. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
