8 surprising side effects of weight loss | Outdoors | The Olympian

8 surprising side effects of weight loss | Outdoors | The Olympian: Lose weight and you'll enjoy checking out your new slim figure in the mirror all the more. According to a review in the Survey of Ophthalmology, obesity is linked to cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration, a fancy term for age-related blurriness in your central field of vision that can eventually lead to blindness. The reason why it's associated with cataracts is unclear, but obesity increases ocular pressure, one of the key risk factors for glaucoma. It also ups the odds for oxidative damage, which worsens your vision over time.