The Effects of Obesity on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Cardiovascular Disease
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-12-28

Is weight loss effective for GERD, gallstones and heart disease? Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half.

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If you missed the previous videos in my series on the ABCs of obesity, see:
• The Best Knee Replacement Alternative for Osteoarthritis Treatment (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-knee-replacement-alternative-for-osteoarthritis-treatment)
• The Effects of Obesity on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-back-pain-blood-pressure-cancer-and-diabetes)
• The Effects of Obesity on Dementia, Brain Function, and Fertility (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-dementia-brain-function-and-fertility)

I continue the topic of obesity and weight with these videos: 
• The Effects of Obesity on the Immune System, and Kidney and Liver Diseases (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effects-of-obesity-on-the-immune-system-and-kidney-and-liver-disease)
• Is the Obesity Paradox Real or a Myth? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-the-obesity-paradox-real-or-myth)
• What’s the Ideal BMI? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-ideal-bmi)
• What’s the Ideal Waist Size? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-ideal-waist-size)

For more on the health conditions discussed in this video, see the gallstones (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/gallstones/), GERD (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/gerd/), and heart (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/heart-disease/) disease topic pages.

The video I showed is Diet and Hiatal Hernia (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-and-hiatal-hernia/).

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