Obesity
We’re all in this for good.
- help each other live better and uncover the best ways to manage your health today
- help researchers shorten the path to new treatments tomorrow
How much good can your data do? A whole lot, as co-founder Jamie Heywood explains in this video.
What is obesity?
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.
Common symptoms reported by people with obesity
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for obesity
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Type
Psychotherapy
How many have tried
188
Tried for
obesity
(4)
Data from patients with obesity, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with obesity
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Physical Exercise
Perceived effectiveness
for obesity (19 evaluations)
Total evaluations
19
Tried for
obesity
(16)
Treatment name(s)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Perceived effectiveness
for obesity (2 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
obesity
(4)
Treatment name(s)
Bariatric surgery
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
obesity
(2)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with obesity, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has obesity on PatientsLikeMe?
- 8 new patients joined this month
- 1290 say obesity is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 1 | |
| 20s | 114 | |
| 30s | 491 | |
| 40s | 815 | |
| 50s | 876 | |
| 60s | 593 | |
| 70+ | 158 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 673 | |
| Female | 2381 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1460 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 328 |
These charts show data from obesity patients who have completed their condition history
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