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Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese.

World Health Organization 2008

 

Statistics Obesity / Overweight

 

Ok, this is where we scare the living hell out of each other. Did you know that in the U.S., according to the latest poll 58 million people are overweight, 40 million are obese and 3 million people are morbidly obese? 80% of people over the age of 25 are over weight, 78% of Americans are not even meeting the minimum activity level and 25% are completely sedentary.
 
 Diseases caused by obesity
 
80% of type 2 diabetes is related to obesity, so are 70% of cardiovascular diseases.42% of breast and colon cancer is diagnosed in obese people. There is also 30% of gall bladder surgeries are related to obesity and 26% of obese people have high blood pressure. I kid you not, this is very serious stuff.
 

 

Obesity in children

 

Did you know that 4% of children were over weight in 84 and 16% in 1994? 25% of all children were over weight in 2001. 33% of African American and Hispanic children were over weight in 2001. Hospital costs hit $127 million in 1999 while they were only $35 million in 1979 for children related obesity. A new study states that 25% of children in the U.S. are already showing signs of type 2 diabetes and 60% of children already have 1 risk factor for heart disease.
 
This is not a good sign of things to come, we have to help our children as best we can in order to drop those statistics and re-establish a healthy way of life in our children. It’s up to us to educate ourselves in order to transfer this knowledge to our kids. We must do everything we can to give them the best quality of life possible. 
 

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