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
31
Tried for
obesity
(31)
anxious mood
(1)
1 more
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 (22 evaluations)
Total evaluations
25
Tried for
obesity
(31)
anxious mood
(1)
1 more
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (9 evaluations)
Total evaluations
16
Tried for
pain
(14)
anxious mood
(1)
1 more
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (14 evaluations)
Total evaluations
14
Tried for
anxious mood
(12)
Perceived effectiveness
for depressed mood (11 evaluations)
Total evaluations
13
Tried for
depressed mood
(10)
Perceived effectiveness
for pain (11 evaluations)
Total evaluations
11
Tried for
pain
(10)
depressed mood
(1)
Perceived effectiveness
for depressed mood (7 evaluations)
Side effects
sweating increased
weight gain
Total evaluations
10
Tried for
depressed mood
(9)
pain
(3)
2 more
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (6 evaluations)
Total evaluations
7
Tried for
anxious mood
(10)
Perceived effectiveness
for anxious mood (8 evaluations)
Total evaluations
9
Tried for
anxious mood
(10)
- 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?
- 3111 patients have this condition
- 21 new patients joined this month
- 1219 say obesity is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 2 | |
| 20s | 142 | |
| 30s | 506 | |
| 40s | 804 | |
| 50s | 836 | |
| 60s | 519 | |
| 70+ | 125 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 652 | |
| Female | 2285 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 1436 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 329 |
These charts show data from obesity patients who have completed their condition history
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