HealthMap

Obesity - connections

Obesity ->

• Associated With: Glucose intolerance
• Threatens: Health (Scope: global; Degree: out_of_control)

-> Obesity

• Body Mass Index - Assesses
• Sugar - Causes (Alternatives: contributes_or_aggravates; Certainty: well_known)
• Food additives, Toxic metals - Contributes To
• Leptin gene mutations - Contributes To (Certainty: example)
• Plastic-released contaminants - Contributes To (Condition: foods heated or stored in plastic containers)
• Genetics - Contributes To (Degree: larger than previously believed; Certainty: evidence-pointing)
• Waist circumference - Defines (Scope: additional)
• Thyroid gland - Has Symptom (Function: diminished; Certainty: potential)
• Estradiol activity - Increases Risk Of (Degree: higher)
• High-GI meals - Promotes (Polarity: disputed; Attribution: opponents)

Abdominal obesity - connections

-> Abdominal obesity

• Waist-to-Hip Ratio - Assesses (Reliability: most reliable; Basis: ethnic variations; Basis 2: body-build differences)

Morbid obesity - connections

-> Morbid obesity

• Surgery - Treats (Effectiveness: most effective)