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Diseases related to obesity (health)


Obesity increases the risk of developing a large number of diseases including: Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes; High blood pressure (hypertension); Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA); Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI); Heart failure (congestive heart failure); Cancer (certain forms such as cancer of the prostate and cancer of the colon and rectum); Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis); Gout and gouty arthritis; Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the knees, hips, and the lower back; Sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep, lowering blood oxygen); Pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness).





buffel duck (medicine)


buffel duck
<zoology> A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large.

Synonym: bufflehead.

See: Buffalo.

Source: Websters Dictionary