Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Obesity Health Risk -Heart Disease, Diabetes And High Blood Pressure

Obesity is a worrisome epidemic, that's spreading like wildfire in the industrialized world today. The more obese or overweight a person becomes, the more he or she is likely to develop a wide array of associated health problems. According to health experts, mild obesity involves having a body mass index or BMI of 30+, while morbidly obese individuals have a BMI of 40+, and malignantly obese people have a BMI of 50+. Dietitians also contend that those who are forty percent overweight have twice more chances of dying prematurely as compared to the average-weight individual.Enhanced Risks Of Premature DeathThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, estimates that an average of 300,000 plus Americans die each year from

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