TRAGIC THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OBESITY

THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE TODAY WORLDWIDE

WHO SUFFER FROM OBESITY THAN HUNGER

OR STARVATION

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT PEOPLE WHO EAT

OUT FOR DINNER OR BREAKFAST RATHER THAN A

HOME-COOKED MEAL USUALLY END UP OBESE

ALSO, LACK OF SLEEP IS ONE OF THE BEST

ALLIES OF OBESITY. EVEN IF YOU DON’T

EAT UNHEALTHY, LACK OF SLEEP CAN CAUSE

YOU TO GAIN UP TO TWO POUNDS OF FAT IN A WEEK

CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THE USA IS NOT

THE FATTEST NATION IN THE WORLD; IT RANKS

ELEVENTH, WITH THIRTY-TWO PERCENT OF

THE POPULATION BEING OBESE

THE HONOUR OF “FATTEST” COUNTRY GOES

TO KUWAIT, WITH AN INCREDIBLE 42.8% OF ITS

POPULATION BEING OBESE

ANNUAL HEALTH COSTS RELATED TO OBESITY

IN THE UNITED STATES SURPASS $200 BILLION,

WHILE OVER TWENTY-ONE PERCENT OF

MEDICAL COSTS IN THE UNITED STATES CAN

BE ATTRIBUTED TO OBESITY

MODERN MEDICINE ATTRIBUTES FORTY-FOUR PERCENT

OF THE DIABETES BURDEN, TWENTY-THREE PERCENT

OF THE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE BURDEN AND

BETWEEN SEVEN AND FORTY-ONE PERCENT OF

CERTAIN CANCER BURDENS EXCLUSIVELY TO BEING

OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

572,000 AMERICANS DIE OF CANCER EACH YEAR,

ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THESE DEATHS ARE LINKED

TO EXCESS BODY WEIGHT, POOR NUTRITION

AND/OR PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

IN THE EARLY NINETIES NO STATE HAD AN OBESITY

RATE ABOVE FIFTEEN PERCENT. TODAY THERE ARE

FORTY-ONE STATES WITH OBESITY RATES OVER

TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, ACCORDING TO THE TRUST

FOR AMERICA’S HEALTH