TRAGIC THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OBESITY
Added on: 8th Dec 2016
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
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