Causes of Obesity
This section discusses 254
medical conditions causing Obesity.
A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.
Causes of Obesity:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Obesity.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
Causes of Obesity listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Obesity as a symptom include:
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Obesity:
The following list of conditions
have 'Obesity' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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- Babinski-Froelich Syndrome
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8
... obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9
... obesity
- Bearn-Kunkel syndrome
... obesity
- Biemond syndrome type 2
... obesity
- Binge eating disorder
... obesity, overweight
- Bipolar disorder
... weight gain
- Bobble-head doll syndrome
... obesity
- Borjeson Syndrome
... adult obesity
- Breathing-related sleep disorder
... obesity
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
... increased weight
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- Cancer
... Unexplained weight gain
- Cardiomyopathy - hypogonadism - metabolic anomalies
... obesity
- Carpenter syndrome
... obesity
- Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type
... obesity
- Choroideremia
... obesity
- Chromosome 1, uniparental disomy 1q12 q21
... Overweight
- Chromosome 11p, partial deletion
... obesity
- Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome
... obesity
- Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome
... overweight
- Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome
... obesity
- Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q13 2 q25
... obesity
- Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p
... obesity
- Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q
... Obesity
- Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome
... obesity
- Chromosome 9, partial trisomy 9p
... obesity
- Clark-Baraitser syndrome
... obesity
- Cohen Syndrome
... obesity
- Congestive Heart Failure
... weight gain
- Cortisone reductase deficiency
... abdominal obesity
- Cushing syndrome, familial
... upper body obesity
- Cushing's syndrome
... extreme weight gain, increased weight, upper body obesity, obesity around trunk
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- Masculinisation
... weight gain
- Mauriac syndrome
... obesity
- McCune-Albright Syndrome
... weight gain
- McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
... adult obesity
- Medication related hypothyroidism
... Weight gain
- Menopause
... Weight gain
- Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck
... obesity
- Mental retardation - epilepsy - bulbous nose
... obesity
- Mental retardation - epileptic seizures - hypogonadism - hypogenitalism -microcephaly - obesity
... obesity
- Mental retardation - gynecomastia - obesity, X-linked
... obesity
- Mental retardation - nasal hypoplasia - obesity - genital hypoplasia
... obesity
- Mental retardation unusual facies ampola type
... obesity
- Mental retardation X-linked short stature obesity
... obesity
- Mental retardation X-linked syndromic 7
... obesity
- Mental retardation, epileptic seizures, hypogonadism and hypogenitalism, microcephaly, and obesity
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X linked - precocious puberty - obesity
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked - gynecomastia - obesity
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked - hypogonadism - ichthyosis - obesity - short stature
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, 36
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, 91
... childhood obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 11
... obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic type 11
... obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome
... Obesity, abdominal obesity
- Metaphyseal dysostosis mental retardation conductive deafness
... obesity
- MOMO syndrome
... obesity
- Myxedema
... weight gain
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Conditions listing medical complications: Obesity:
The following list of medical conditions
have 'Obesity' or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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More Information About Obesity
List of 254
causes of Obesity
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause
of Obesity in our database from various sources.
- Abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome - abdominal obesity
- Achard-Thiers Syndrome - obesity
- Acrocephalopolysyndactyly, type 2 (ACPS 2) - obesity
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
- Adrenal adenoma, familial - excessive body fat in torso
- Adrenal Cancer - obesity
- Adrenal Cortex Diseases - upper body obesity
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms - excessive body fat in torso
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction - excessive body fat in torso
- Adrenal incidentaloma - excessive body fat in torso
- Adrenocortical carcinoma - excessive body fat in torso
- Albright like syndrome - obesity
- Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy - obesity
- Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing syndrome - weight gain
- Ampola syndrome - obesity
- Aniridia - ptosis - mental retardation - obesity, familial - obesity
- Aniridia ptosis mental retardation obesity familial type - obesity
- Anophthalmia - short stature - obesity - obesity
- Anorexia Nervosa - Weight changes
- Aromatase deficiency - obesity
- Astrocytoma - changes in weight
- Atkin-Flatiz syndrome - obesity
- Austrian syndrome - weight changes
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome - Weight gain
- Autoimmune thyroid diseases - weight gain
- Ayazi syndrome - obesity
- Babinski-Froelich Syndrome - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8 - obesity
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9 - obesity
- Bearn-Kunkel syndrome - obesity
- Biemond syndrome type 2 - obesity
- Binge eating disorder - obesity
- Bipolar disorder - weight gain
- Bobble-head doll syndrome - obesity
- Borjeson Syndrome - adult obesity
- Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
- Brain injury
- Breathing-related sleep disorder - obesity
- Budd-Chiari syndrome - increased weight
- Cancer - Unexplained weight gain
- Cardiomyopathy - hypogonadism - metabolic anomalies - obesity
- Carpenter syndrome - obesity
- Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type - obesity
- Choroideremia - obesity
- Chromophobe adenoma
- Chromosome 1, uniparental disomy 1q12 q21 - Overweight
- Chromosome 11p, partial deletion - obesity
- Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome - obesity
- Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome - overweight
- Chromosome 21q deletion syndrome - obesity
- Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q13 2 q25 - obesity
- Chromosome 4, trisomy 4p - obesity
- Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q - Obesity
- Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome - obesity
- Chromosome 9, partial trisomy 9p - obesity
- Clark-Baraitser syndrome - obesity
- Cohen syndrome - obesity
- Comfort eating
- Congestive Heart Failure - weight gain
- Cortisone reductase deficiency - abdominal obesity
- Craniopharyngioma
- Cushing syndrome, familial - upper body obesity
- Cushing's disease
- Cushing's syndrome - obesity
- Del (1) (pter-p36.3) mosaicism - obesity
- Del (2) (pter-p24) and dup (18) (q21-qter) - obesity
- Del (2) (q37.2-qter) - obesity
- Del(1) (pter-p35) - obesity
- Deletion 6q16 q21 - obesity
- Depression - weight gain
- Depressive disorders - weight gain
- Diabetes - Weight gain
- Dilated cardiomyopathy - abnormal weight gain
- Disordered Eating - weight gain
- Dup (2) (q11.2-q21.1) - obesity
- Dup (2) (q33.1-q35) - obesity
- Duplication 5q - Obesity
- Duplication 9p partial - obesity
- Dysthymia - weight gain
- Eating disorders - Obesity
- Eclampsia - weight gain
- Edema
- Emerinopathy - obesity
- Empty sella syndrome - acquired - obesity
- Empty sella syndrome - primary - obesity
- Encephalitis
- Ethanol
- Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue - weight gain
- Familial hypopituitarism - increased weight
- Familial hypothyroidism - increased weight
- Familial obesity
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis - weight gain
- Food addiction - weight increase
- Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome - weight gain
- Froelich's syndrome - obesity
- Frohlich syndrome
- Frolich's syndrome - obesity
- Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency, hereditary - obesity
- Frölich's syndrome - obesity
- Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor - excessive body fat in torso
- Gastro-enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor - weight gain
- Gelatinous ascites - increased weight
- Gluten allergy - unexplained weight gain
- Grahmann's syndrome - obesity
- Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency - obesity
- HAIR-AN Syndrome - obesity
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - weight gain
- Heart failure - abnormal weight gain
- Hepatic veno-occlusive disease - immunodeficiency - increased weight
- Hereditary hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Hydrocephalus obesity hypogonadism - obesity
- Hyperadrenalism - excessive body fat in torso
- Hyperandrogenism - obesity
- Hyperostosis frontalis interna - obesity
- Hyperpituitarism - Obese
- Hypertension of pregnancy - sudden weight increase
- Hypertrichosis brachydactyly obesity and mental retardation - obesity
- Hypogonadism - mitral valve prolapse - mental retardation - obesity
- Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - syndactyly - obesity
- Hypopituitarism - weight increase
- Hypothalamic dysfunction - increased weight
- Hypothalamus tumor
- Hypothyroid goitre - Weight gain
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic edema - increased weight
- Insulinoma
- Kleine-Levin-Critchley syndrome
- Klinefelter syndrome - rounded body type
- Klinefelter syndrome, variants - overweight
- Laron dwarfism - obesity
- Laron Pituitary Dwarfism - obesity
- Laron Syndrome - obesity
- Laron syndrome type 1 - obesity
- Laron syndrome type 2 - obesity
- Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1 - obesity
- Laron-type dwarfism - obesity
- Laron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome - obesity
- Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
- Leschke-Ullmann syndrome - obesity
- Lipoprotein disorder - overweight
- Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome - chubby during younger years
- Lupus nephritis - weight gain
- Lymphomatous thyroiditis - weight gain
- Masculinisation - weight gain
- Mauriac syndrome - obesity
- McCune-Albright Syndrome - weight gain
- McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia - adult obesity
- Medication related hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Melanocortin 4 receptor defect
- Menopause - Weight gain
- Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck - obesity
- Mental retardation - epilepsy - bulbous nose - obesity
- Mental retardation - epileptic seizures - hypogonadism - hypogenitalism -microcephaly - obesity - obesity
- Mental retardation - gynecomastia - obesity, X-linked - obesity
- Mental retardation - nasal hypoplasia - obesity - genital hypoplasia - obesity
- Mental retardation unusual facies ampola type - obesity
- Mental retardation X-linked short stature obesity - obesity
- Mental retardation X-linked syndromic 7 - obesity
- Mental retardation, epileptic seizures, hypogonadism and hypogenitalism, microcephaly, and obesity - obesity
- Mental retardation, X linked - precocious puberty - obesity - obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked - gynecomastia - obesity - obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked - hypogonadism - ichthyosis - obesity - short stature - obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, 36 - obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, 91 - childhood obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 11 - obesity
- Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic type 11 - obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome - Obesity
- Metaphyseal dysostosis mental retardation conductive deafness - obesity
- Middle age spread
- MOMO syndrome - obesity
- Myxedema - weight gain
- Nguyen syndrome - obesity
- Obesity - Increased weight
- Obesity - colitis - hypothyroidism - cardiac hypertrophy - developmental delay - obesity
- Obesity due to congenital leptin deficiency - obesity
- Obesity, hypothyroidism, craniosynostosis, cardial hypertrophy, colitis and intellectual deficiency - obesity
- OHSS - weight increase
- Optic pathway glioma - increased weight
- Ovarian Cancer - weight change
- Ovarian carcinosarcoma - weight changes
- Overeating - see causes of overeating
- Overgrowth syndrome, type Fryer - increased weight
- Overweight - Increased weight
- Panhypopituitarism - increased weight
- Physical addiction - weight changes
- Physical inactivity - obesity
- Pituitary cancer, childhood - excessive body fat in torso
- Pituitary gland cancer
- Pituitary gland disease
- Pituitary gland tumor
- Pituitary tumors, adult - excessive body fat in torso
- Pituitary tumour (growth hormone secreting)
- Polycystic ovarian disease, familial - obesity
- Polycystic ovaries urethral sphincter dysfunction - weight gain
- Polycystic ovary syndrome - obesity
- Polyneuropathy - mental retardation - acromicria - premature menopause - obesity
- Polyphagia
- Prader-Willi syndrome - Obesity
- Prednisolone
- Pregnancy toxemia /hypertension - sudden weight increase
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder - weight increase
- Premenstrual syndrome - weight gain
- Primary hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Prolidase deficiency - childhood obesity
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a
- Psychological addiction - weight changes
- Reactive hypoglycemia - overeating occurs to avoid going "down" into a hypoglycemic attack.
- Reduced metabolic rate
- Renal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia - obesity
- Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome - obesity
- Riedel syndrome - weight gain
- Schinzel Syndrome - obesity
- Schroeder syndrome 1 - obesity
- Secondary hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Sengers-Hamel-Otten syndrome - obesity
- Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) - obesity
- Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 2 - obesity
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes - overweight
- Sohval-Soffer syndrome - obesity
- Some brain tumors
- Stein-Leventhal syndrome
- Sub clinical hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Subaortic stenosis - short stature syndrome - obesity
- Summitt syndrome - obesity
- Syndrome X
- Tertiary hypothyroidism - Weight gain
- Third ventricle tumor
- Thyroid disorders - weight gain
- Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect - weight problems
- Trophoblastic Cancer - Weight gain
- Type 2 diabetes - Weight gain
- Underactive thyroid gland
- Urban rogers meyer syndrome - obesity
- Vasquez Hurst Sotos syndrome - obesity
- WAGR Syndrome - obesity
- Weight cycling - Obesity
- Williams Syndrome - obesity
- Wilms tumor - aniridia - genitourinary anomalies - mental retardation - obesity
- Wilson-Turner X-linked mental retardation - Obesity
- X-linked mental retardation craniofacial abnormal microcepahly club - Obesity
- X-linked mental retardation-hypotonic facies syndrome
- Young-Hughes syndrome - Obesity
Medical Textbooks about Obesity
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view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Obesity.
Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Obesity (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).
Medical Books Excerpts
- Obesity
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
- [ read ]
- OBESITY
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Obesity
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
- [ read ]
- Obesity
- "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Obesity
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
- [ read ]
- OBESITY
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
- Obesity
- "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult" (2008)
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