What are the health risk of having a big stomach?

Answer by  lovelife (998)

Having centralized weight gain puts a person at higher risk for health problems such as diabetes and insulin resistance. The other problems would be due to the complications of being overweight, including the risk or heart attack and stroke. The risk is greater if the excess weight causes high cholesterol. Many that have a big stomach also suffer sleep apnea.

Answer by  stephenk2010 (293)

Anything that can enlarge the size of a stomach is a serious health risk. In some cases it's cancer, in others is excessive water retention. Otherwise it is a sign of too much LDL (bad) cholesterol in proportion to too little HDL (good) cholesterol. Translated, that is also called obesity, which comes from being overweight.

Answer by  Christian9247 (5042)

Some risks to this are known as metabolic syndromes, increase of blood glucose and the threat of diabetes along with high blood pressure and Dyslipodemia and a low HDL cholesterol.

Answer by  Zenki (231)

There are bad side effects for having a big stomach, since our thigh and hips (for women) tend to carry all the weight of our upper body parts it is hard for our metabolism to work properly and it is very unsightly and it will affect our confidence.

Answer by  MarkWatrous (729)

You are at risk for a number of really bad diseases including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It's time for you to see your doctor and get real.

Answer by  kungfukid (1241)

excess fat in the abdomen area increases chance of having a heart attack as well as other obesity related diseases

Answer by  fancbiz (952)

Having a big stomach means there is a lot of fats stored therein and thus it exposes one to heart problems and blood pressure and even diabetes. Most of the affluent who are not keen with their food get into this trap and end up with serious heart conditions or even diabetes.