Luckily for overweight people, modern science has now recognised 'obesity' as a lifestyle disease that can affect anyone from the middle to the upper-middle classes of society, in any age group.

Dr. Sushil Kharat, senior bariatric surgeon, Laparo Obeso Centre, Pune, said that obesity usually comes with company -- of various other diseases -- that can make life miserable for the patient and at times can be fatal, if not treated properly in time.