| Obesity or corpulence, is malnutrition more prevalent in | | | | mass index), the higher the risk of acquiring obesity |
| developed countries. This health condition is like a | | | | related diseases. However, another statistic model |
| spider's web. Once you're obese, you're at risk of a | | | | revealed encouraging results. It seems that weight loss |
| variety of other health conditions, mental and physical. | | | | and a decrease of incidence of obesity related |
| It causes type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea, | | | | diseases reduces the cost of obesity in health |
| osteoarthritis, depression etc. This is the sad cost of | | | | expenditure. |
| obesity. This translates to health care expenditures | | | | It was found that by maintaining a 10% weight |
| that are directly and indirectly caused by obesity. | | | | reduction, the expected years of life extended by |
| In the United States, an estimated cost of obesity is | | | | more than half. This translates to a decrease in the |
| 12% of the national health care budget, studied by the | | | | cost of obesity and obesity related diseases, |
| World Watch Institute and the World Bank. In a 1999 | | | | increasing savings from health care by more than half. |
| Lewin Group study commissioned by the American | | | | Good health is parallel to economic benefits. |
| Obesity Association, the direct health care cost of | | | | However, counting expenses is one story, measuring |
| obesity reached $102.2 billion. It shows a rise from | | | | the quality of life is another. If the cost of obesity |
| 5.7% of the national health care budget directed to | | | | decreases as risk factors decrease, perhaps the |
| obesity (from a 1994 study) to the 9.8% of health | | | | quality of life increases as a result. This means that |
| expenses from the 1999 Lewin study. | | | | more time can be spent living rather than fighting a |
| The cost of obesity includes the costs of fifteen other | | | | disease in order to live. A person is then able to be an |
| health conditions that are caused by obesity namely: | | | | active of society. |
| low back pain, gallbladder disease, endometrial cancer, | | | | A person could do things they once wished to do, like |
| renal cell cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, | | | | traveling or even experience the simple joy of the |
| arthritis, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, | | | | wind in your hair as you ride a bike. The cost of |
| end-stage renal disease, urinary incontinence, liver | | | | obesity may be financially exhausting but the true cost |
| disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension. | | | | of obesity is life and everything we love about it. |
| The study also revealed that the higher the BMI (body | | | | |