Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million), and is on the increase world-wide. The picture is no brighter in the United Kingdom, where more than one in five men is now obese, a rise of two-thirds in a decade, and one in six boys under 15 is obese, a figure that has risen in just nine years.
The problem is almost as serious for women. Again more than one in five women (22.8%) are obese, a rise of nearly 40% since 1993, whereas 42% more girls, just under 17% in all, are obese compared with nine years ago.
Obesity world-wide has continued to increase since the early 1960's, and the trend is not slowing down. Today, 64.5 percent of adult Americans (about 127 million) are categorized as being overweight or obese, and although the figure is not as high in other countries there is a steady increase towards this figure.
Obesity is an excess of body fat frequently resulting in a significant impairment of health. Obesity results when the size or number of fat cells in a person's body increases. A normal-sized person has between 30 and 35 billion fat cells. When a person gains weight, these fat cells first increase in size and later in number. One pound of body fat represent about 3500 stored calories.
Obesity can be linked to a lack of physical activity and high calorie foods. Fast food is a major contributor. An individual can be considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30, and extremely obese with a BMI >40.
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Effects Of Obesity On Health
Obesity increases one's risk of developing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease and cancer of the breast, prostate and colon.
The predominance of various medical conditions increases with overweight and obesity for men and women as shown in the tables below.
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| BMI (%) 18.5-24.9 |
BMI (%) 25-29.9 |
BMI(%) 30-34.9 |
BMI(%) >40 | |
| Medical Condition | Prevalence Ratio (%) | |||
| Diabetes | 2.03 | 4.93 | 10.10 | 10.65 |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 8.84 | 9.60 | 16.01 | 13.95 |
| High Blood Pressure | 23.47 | 34.16 | 48.95 | 64.53 |
| Osteoarthritis | 2.59 | 4.55 | 4.66 | 10.04 |
Predominance of Medical Conditions by Body Mass Index (BMI) for Women
| BMI (%) 18.5-24.9 |
BMI (%) 25-29.9 |
BMI() 30-34.9 |
BMI(%) >40 | |
| Medical Condition | Prevalence Ratio (%) | |||
| Diabetes | 2.38 | 7.12 | 7.24 | 19.89 |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 6.87 | 11.13 | 12.56 | 19.22 |
| High Blood Pressure | 23.26 | 38.77 | 47.95 | 63.16 |
| Osteoarthritis | 5.22 | 8.51 | 9.94 | 17.19 |
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