The hazards of eating potato chips mainly include increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and causing obesity. 1. Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: potato chips belong to fried food, that is, trans fatty acids. The human body is difficult to digest and absorb trans fatty acids, which leads to the rise of triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood, thus increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. 2. Cause obesity: potato chips contain a lot of calories, 100 grams of potato chips contain 548.00 calories, but the nutritional value of potato chips is not high, if you often intake of potato chips, it will easily lead to overweight performance, causing obesity. Potato chips are hardly beneficial to human health and should be avoided as much as possible.