looked at a group of 4,000 obese adults, and researchers placed them into six distinct groups.
#Number 1: Healthy young women – these are women who were obese but generally had very few obesity-related complications, such as type 2 diabetes
#Number 2: Heavy drinkers – as above, but with higher alcohol consumption.
#Number 3: People in their fifties, sad and anxious – mostly women with poor mental health and unhappiness
#Number 4: Older, wealthy, healthy people – generally positive health characteristics, but drinking heavily, and suffering from high blood pressure
#Number 5: Older people, physically ill but happy – older people with more chronic diseases, such as osteoarthritis, but good mental health
#Number 6: People with poorer health – those who are most economically deprived and those who have had the greatest number of chronic diseases
This research is important because understanding the underlying causes of obesity can help a person combat it. This is a major step forward in obesity treatment, but more research is needed.
