Why Being Obese Is Such A Health Risk!

Some people can be very overweight and not suffer any major medical problems. You may be one of them. However, the truth is that being overweight dramatically increases your chances of suffering a serious health problem in the near future (sometimes referred to as an obesity related disease). Here are some scary statistics for you: If you are obese you are:

• 6 times more likely to develop gallbladder disease
• 5.6 times more likely to develop high blood pressure
• 3.8 times more likely to develop diabetes
• Twice as likely to develop arthritis
• More likely to develop some cancers, including prostate, and breast
• More likely to have a stroke
• More likely to suffer back problems
• More likely to be infertile
• More likely to suffer depression
• More likely to snore and suffer sleep disorders

Probably most important of all, your life expectancy is much shorter than that of a normal sized person. The more obese you are, the more risk you have of dying at an earlier age.

With all this data, it is amazing that, until very recently, it was very difficult to find doctors who were willing to treat people with a weight problem. Fortunately the World Health Organization has now classified obesity as a disease in its own right, and this has led to governments and health professionals around the world improving the services provided to help treat obesity.