Slideshow
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Gastric banding
This colored x-ray shows a gastric band (lower center right) fitted around the stomach of a 35-year-old to treat obesity by restricting the amount of food he can eat.
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Obesity
A color-enhanced computed tomography image demonstrating significant obesity with extensive subcutaneous fat (blue) around the abdomen.
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Cardiovascular disease
This colored angiogram shows femoral artery narrowing in the upper leg caused by atherosclerosis, for which obesity is a risk factor.
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
This biopsy shows fatty infiltration, ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes, and pericellular fibrosis in a patient with NASH, for which obesity is a risk factor .
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Sleep apnea
Obese people are at increased risk for sleep apnea. Continuous positive airway pressure is the first-line treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in most people.
