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Obesity Being overweight is another serious health issue. Body mass is a spectrum, ranging for people who are extremely thin to those who are tremendously overweight. While being too thin has several significant health risks, obesity is currently a much bigger problem. It is estimated that in 1999 about 61% Americans were either overweight or obese. That means that more than every one out of two people were overweight. Beyond that approximately 38.8 million were identified as explicitly obese in 2000. The real problem with obesity is that it is clearly related to other disease. Such medical conditions as cancer, osteoarthritis, gallbladder, sleep difficulties and gynecological conditions, along with the big players of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, are much more common in people who are obese. Obesity (and being overweight) can be completely cured by weight loss. Any diet and exercise program that decreases body fat will treat obesity. Unfortunately, for many people in our society today, weight loss is an incredibly difficult task. The solution may be simple, but it is not easy. Studies indicate that obesity is growing problem in our society. Many people are obese now, and the number of people affects continues to increase. Skyrocketing numbers of overweight and obese children has become a major concern. Obesity and the diseases that follow are occurring in our kids at record high rates. And the numbers keep going up.
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Og the Neanderthal by Richard Wilson
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