Obesity & Your Health

Obesity is rapidly becoming our country's number one health crisis.  66% of Americans are classified as obese (BMI > 30) or overweight (BMI 25-30).  These, almost, 100 million American adults are at medical risk due to their weight.

Obesity causes more medical illness than poverty, tobacco, and alcohol combined and is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country (ahead of smoking).

Obesity causes increased risk of:

• Hypertension
• Diabetes (8-60x)
• CAD (3-4x)
• Certain Cancers (Breast: 2x, Endometrial & Colon: 3x)
• Infertility
• Increased Cholesterol
• Stroke
• Arthritis
• Sleep Apnea
• Depression

There is hope . . . . a 10% weight reduction will:

• Decrease CAD risk by 50%
• Decrease cholesterol by 25%
• Decrease arthritis risk by 50%
• Decrease severity of OSA by 50%
• Improve fertility by 70%

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