Although there is a link in many cases, there are a lot of cases where there’s no obesity link at all.

The preconception that it is mostly obesity related is a dangerous stigma since it prevents a lot of people understanding what is happening and getting treatment.

I started with sleep apnea in my 20s when I was in amazing physical condition. I would jolt awake, heart racing, almost panic attack levels. No idea what was happening.. took me another 15 years to do a sleep study and get diagnosed, and CPAP treatment literally overnight cured the condition. I went from 20-30 events per night to less than 1 on average.

If anyone has any sleep issues at all, or suspects any.. go get a sleep study. It’s not as scary as it sounds and there’s no downside to having one done.

> Although there is a link in many cases, there are a lot of cases where there’s no obesity link at all.

I mean, the person you replied to literally said "60% of cases are linked to obesity"

Which obviously implies that 40% of cases are NOT linked to obesity. You are saying the exact same thing the person you replied to is saying, just without the numbers.

I feel like the person you replied to's comment was not stigmatizing obesity at all, in fact learning that 40% of sleep apnea cases are unrelated to obesity entirely probably educated some people that it was less tied to weight than they believed before.