Link of obesity and gallstones formation risk

Obesity is a health disease which may be reason to cause so many diseases and one of them is gallstone formation in gallbladder (Cholelithiasis).1,2 Humans with higher body mass index (BMI) are at highest risk to have gallstones in their gallbladder particularly in women.3 According to WHO overweight and obesity is considered when BMI (body mass index) is more than 30 kg/m2.4 Obesity may cause due to high consumption of sugar, soft drinks, fatty stuffs, fast food, poor eating habits, no walk, and tired lifestyle.5 Gallbladder is a small organ located in the upper right part of the abdomen. The function of gallbladder is to store bile; where bile is a fluid which is produced by the liver for the breakdown of fat which further used for energy. Gallstones are generally made of cholesterol and formed when there is a disproportion between the substances producing bile. Cholesterol gallstones comprise 80% of stones in the Western world.6 Healthy weight management is needed to avoid gallstones formation.