High blood pressure

The body needs more nutrition and oxygen to support more fat tissue. The increased fat tissue will require your blood vessels to pump more blood. So, in order to pump blood throughout the body, your heart will have to work even harder. Your arteries are now under additional pressure due to the increased blood flow. High blood pressure, sometimes known as hypertension, refers to this additional pressure. Your heart and arteries may eventually become damaged as a result of excessive blood pressure.

Hypertension can be brought on by obesity or made worse if you already have it. According to an analysis from 2020, obesity causes 65 to 78% of primary hypertension cases. Having more fat tissue in the body might result in complex changes that work together to either cause or worsen hypertension.