I was responding to another thread, on menapause weight, and this one popped into my head.
Speaking about under reported results of obesity - I have uterine fibroids and there is a DEFINITE obesity factor there. Many of those fibroids lead to hysterectomy and untold complications. There are even more gynological problems that I believe are under reported due to obesity, including infertility. Then there's varicose veins, something else I picked up along the way.
The more I think about it, the more I"m convinced there are many, many underlying health risks to being obese. Many.
And ennay makes a good point. The obese are just not treated well in the medical field. From physicians not knowing enough about the ill effects of obesity, to them not knowing how to deal with weight loss, to the discrimination that obese people face.