Obesity
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- 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 with obesity
Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Physical Exercise
Type
Exercise
How many have tried
17
Tried for
obesity
(17)
depressed mood
(2)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
8
Data from patients with obesity, who reported starting treatments within 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
(17)
depressed mood
(2)
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (11 evaluations)
Side effects
chronic constipation
irritable bowel syndrome
Total evaluations
12
Tried for
pain
(15)
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (5 evaluations)
Total evaluations
11
Tried for
pain
(12)
anxious mood
(1)
1 more
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (2 evaluations)
Side effects
dizziness
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
pain
(12)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (5 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
5
Tried for
anxious mood
(10)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (7 evaluations)
Total evaluations
8
Tried for
anxious mood
(10)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (6 evaluations)
Side effects
drowsiness
Total evaluations
7
Tried for
anxious mood
(9)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (6 evaluations)
Total evaluations
6
Tried for
anxious mood
(8)
Perceived effectiveness
for fatigue (6 evaluations)
Total evaluations
6
Perceived effectiveness
for depressed mood (6 evaluations)
Total evaluations
8
Tried for
depressed mood
(8)
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
- Severe
- Moderate
- Mild
- None
Data from patients with obesity, who reported starting treatments within the last 5 years.
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Who has obesity on PatientsLikeMe?
- 1 new patients joined this month
- 1280 say obesity is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 1 | |
| 20s | 116 | |
| 30s | 504 | |
| 40s | 818 | |
| 50s | 865 | |
| 60s | 576 | |
| 70+ | 153 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 672 | |
| Female | 2367 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1452 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 328 |
These charts show data from obesity patients who have completed their condition history
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