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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for Abdominal obesity
  1. Obstructive sleep apnea 
    ... 70 percent of individuals with this condition have obesity. It is thought that excess fatty tissue in the head and neck constricts airways and abdominal fat may prevent the chest and lungs from ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/obstructive-sleep-apnea - Genetics
  2. White-Sutton syndrome 
    ... sleeping difficulties; vision defects, especially farsightedness; gastrointestinal problems; obesity; and short stature. Some individuals with White-Sutton syndrome are born with a hole in the muscle that separates the abdomen from the chest cavity (the diaphragm), which is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/white-sutton-syndrome - Genetics
  3. Preeclampsia 
    ... risk factors. Women who have diseases such as obesity, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or kidney disease before ... older mothers, the increased prevalence of hypertension and obesity, and multiple births resulting from the use of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/preeclampsia - Genetics
  4. Carpenter syndrome 
    ... intellectual disability.Other features of Carpenter syndrome include obesity that begins in childhood, a soft out-pouching ... for hedgehog signaling in cranial-suture development and obesity. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jun;80(6): ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/carpenter-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 
    ... in addition to NAFLD, the metabolic syndrome includes obesity, type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes (insulin resistance), ... is increasing along with the rising prevalence of obesity in industrialized societies, and it is now the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease - Genetics
  6. Kidney stones 
    ... that increase the risk of kidney stones include obesity, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease (abnormal inflammation ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/kidney-stones - Genetics
  7. Cholangiocarcinoma 
    ... certain lifestyle factors, including smoking, alcohol use, and obesity, may also contribute to the risk of developing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cholangiocarcinoma - Genetics