Obesity Studies
Obesity has grown to be the most prevalent medical problem in children. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that approximately 1 out of every 3 children within the United States, ranging in age from 2 to 19, are overweight orhighly probable of becoming overweight.
Carrying excess weight around can turn into health issues for a person's entire life, like type 2 diabetes, hypertension , high blood pressure, and heart disease.
If you were overweight or smoked, or did neither at age 18, how did that affect your chances of dying by oe before you reached 50 years of age ? The table from the Chronicle science blog section will show those results.
In summary, being overweight verified people have approximately the same risk as being a light smoker, and being obese confirmed the same risk as being a heavy smoker.
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What is startling news is that 3 out of 4 adults in the UK are termed "obese". Click the link to verify yourself.
