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How does losing weight improve your health?

Living with obesity can put you at risk of developing serious health conditions. The good news is that with a weight loss of only 5% of your total body weight you already start lowering those risks. The below tool helps you calculate your risk of developing certain obesity-related conditions over the next 10 years.

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Obesity and related complications: How does losing weight help?

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Your BMI is 0

The risk prediction is available with a BMI between 30 and 50 and an age between 19 and 115.

The risks reductions below are calculated with a weight loss of 13% of total body weight.
Your weight after weight loss is 0 kg.

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Result

BMI is 0

Result

  • Risk at current body weight
  • Risk with a 13% weight loss

Heart Health

High blood pressure
High cholesterol levels
Hearth failure
Irregular heart rate
Low blood and oxygen flow to heart

Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes

Osteoarthritis

Hip/knee osteoarthritis

Respiratory

Asthma
Sleep apnoea

Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease

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