Obesity is a global epidemic that is a main root of many health problems such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
In Britain, it is predicted that half the population will be obese by 2050.
According to the Heart Foundation, obesity in Australia has greatly increased in the last 20 years with 18.7% of the population being obese in 1995 compared to 27.5% of the population being obese in 2011/2012.
And of course, the cost to treat diseases associated with obesity is enormous.
WE MUST put a stop on this epidemic, and the first step to achieve this is to know more about the problem and be informed about how to prevent it.
This blog is intended to raise awareness of obesity as health risk and provide information on how to defeat obesity.
Following is a video about how obesity is affecting health on a global scale.
For further information, click on the links below:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10566705/Britains-obesity-epidemic-worse-than-feared.html
http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/Factsheet-Overweight-and-obesity.pdf
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