Thursday, June 7, 2007

What is Obesity?

Obesity is no more a simple result of overeating-lead-to-overweight case. Obesity is a trojan horse. It brings a battalion of ailments, which are most detrimental to our health.

Obesity is posing the biggest threat to Americans and the numbers are rising with each year. Obesity is not just due to eating disorder unlike overweight. Obesity is hereditary and it is measured by Body Mass Index or BMI. There are around 35% obese Americans according to a survey. This is also draining the state exchequer heavily to the tune of $25 billions a year.


If you are overweight, you know it by how you feel, how your clothes fit or how you look.

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