Urinary tract symptoms are frequently lacking in the elderly. The presentations may be vague with incontinence, a change in mental status, or fatigue as the only symptoms, while some present to a health care provider with sepsis, an infection of the blood, as the first symptoms.
This year, more than 300,000 Americans will die from illnesses related to overweight and obesity. Obesity contributes to the number-one cause of death in our nation: heart disease. Excess weight has also led to an increase in the number of people suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
1 In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese. 2  39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese.  Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.