Symptoms of Obesity

List of symptoms of Obesity:

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Obesity includes the 4 symptoms listed below:

• Increased weight
• Increased BMI
• Increased abdominal girth
• Secondary medical complications

Note that Obesity symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Obesity signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.

More ways to research these symptoms: To research other symptoms use the symptom center, or to research causes of more than one symptom in combination, try our multi-symptom search.

Research More About Obesity

Do I have Obesity?

• Obesity: Introduction
• Obesity: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Obesity
• Failure to Diagnose Obesity
• Hidden Causes of Obesity
• How serious is it?
• Treatments for Obesity
• More about Obesity

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Obesity:

• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Tests
  • Home Blood Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Eye Tests

Wrongly Diagnosed with Obesity?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Obesity includes:

• Fluid retention
• Edema
• See also various underlying causes of obesity
• See other causes of weight gain
• Increased caloric intake

See the full list of 23 alternative diagnoses for Obesity

More about symptoms of Obesity:

More information about symptoms of Obesity and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Obesity
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Obesity
• Underlying causes of Obesity
• Associated conditions for Obesity
• Risk factors for Obesity

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Increased BMI - see all causes of Elevated BMI
• Increased weight - see all causes of Weight gain

Medical Books Online about Obesity

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Obesity are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Obesity.

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Obesity as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Obesity, it is also important to consider Obesity as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Obesity may cause:

• Abdominal distension
• Amenorrhoea
• Arthropathy
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cortisol levels raised (serum or plasma)
• Female infertility
• Hyperinsulinaemia
• Hyperlipidaemia
• Hypertension, systemic
• Pickwickian syndrome
• Sex hormone binding globulin levels low (serum)
• Striae
• Thrombophilia
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Weight gain

Obesity as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Obesity as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Obesity.

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Obesity
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Obesity
• How serious is Obesity?
• More about Obesity
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

Full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis

About signs and symptoms of Obesity:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Obesity. This signs and symptoms information for Obesity has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Obesity signs or Obesity symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Obesity may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Obesity symptoms.