Ms. My, 78, weighing 97 kg with severe osteoarthritis in both knees, lost 11 kg after obesity treatment and gradually regained mobility.

A mooncake-style sticky rice cake provides 950-1,250 kcal, depending on the filling, equivalent to 5-6 bowls of rice, making it easy to consume excess calories in a single serving.

I am 20 weeks pregnant and enjoy sweets, but I am concerned about gestational diabetes. How should I adjust my diet to prevent it? (Vy Thanh, 29 years old)

After gaining 20 kg post-childbirth, a 36-year-old woman named Phung, seeking obesity treatment, unexpectedly discovered multiple gallbladder polyps caused by excess cholesterol.

Nguyen Van Hung, 29, gained nearly 30 kg in one year and recently experienced acid reflux with chest pain, leading doctors to diagnose Barrett's esophagus—a precancerous condition.

Staying up late or not getting enough sleep can affect appetite, energy levels, physical activity, and cause weight gain.

Regular consumption of sugary drinks, sweets, processed meats, and fried foods can lead to excess energy intake, increasing the risk of being overweight, obese, and experiencing early puberty.

Many sources suggest that daily white rice consumption is unhealthy, contributing to overweight, obesity, and metabolic disorders. Is this true? (Hong, 40, Thai Nguyen)

Dung, 42, gained 30 kg in one year, leading to knee and joint pain, metabolic disorders, and hypogonadism.

Ngoc, a nine-year-old child, 140 cm tall and weighing nearly 52 kg, was diagnosed by doctors with metabolic disorder and obesity.

Phan, 42, gained 40 kg in one year from taking 'tobacco medicine' for joint pain, developed a large abdomen and a round, red face, and was diagnosed with obesity due to Cushing's syndrome.

Mr. Toan, 32, experienced shortness of breath, fatigue, exhaustion, and heart palpitations; doctors diagnosed obesity-induced respiratory acidosis.

Thuy, 31, rapidly gained weight and was diagnosed with fatty liver progressing to cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B, and obesity.

Huong, 9, shows insulin resistance with fasting insulin levels four times higher than normal, leading doctors to diagnose her with obesity and pre-diabetes.