Though considered a significant risk factor, obesity contributes to other critical cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and heart failure. Thus, the IOMC draws huge relevance to the critically linked issues between obesity and cardiovascular disease to encourage collaboration among researchers and clinicians to advance new strategies for lessening cardiovascular risks in obese populations.
The excess accumulation of body fat, especially visceral fat, is highly associated with chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. These include diabetes and sleep apnea as comorbid conditions arising either from or in association with obesity that aggravate risks. As such, managing weight via lifestyle change, pharmacotherapy, or bariatric surgery alone reduces cardiovascular-related risks and dramatically improves cardiac outcomes.