What happens to my heart if I'm severely obese?

Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD

Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease)

It's easy to see how difficult extreme obesity makes life -- it can be tough just to get out of a chair, let alone participate in normal, everyday activities. But most of us don't get to see the toll it takes on the heart. In this video, Dr. Oz makes it impossible to miss those changes, demonstrating them to a group of extremely obese women.

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Obesity

If you have too much body fat, you are obese, just like over 70 million other Americans. It happens because you eat more calories than you use, and your body converts the excess to fat. There are lots of reasons that this can happen. Our lifestyle may lack exercise, we are given portions that are too big and too caloric when we eat, and some of us are just more efficient genetically at converting food into fat.

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