Does the amount of fat tissue affect your chances of getting specific diseases?

Question: Does the amount of fat tissue affect your chances of getting specific diseases?
- Keywords:
  disease,
  fat
Asked by Galileo Galilei to Giovanna on 11 Nov 2014.
- Giovanna Bermano answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  yes it does and not only the amount but also the location in the body. If we have fat deposited around the abdomen (belly) (apple shape) we have more chances to get diseases like diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease, compared to have the fat about the hips/bum (pear shape) or under the skin!!!

Question: Does the amount of fat tissue affect your chances of getting specific diseases?