Health Complications of Obesity
The number of obese Americans is higher than the number of those who smoke, use illegal drugs or suffer from other physical ailments. Obesity is a major risk factor associated with highly prevalent and serious disease, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
- The average woman in America today weighs 40 pounds more than women did 100 years ago and has a considerably higher rate of heart attack, strokes and breast cancer to show for it.
Health Complications of Obesity
- Increased overall mortality
- Adult onset diabetes
- Hypertension
- Degenerative arthritis
- Coronary artery disease
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Gallstones
- Fatty infiltration of liver
- Restrictive lung disease
- Cancer
“Changing The Way You Eat Will Change Your Life!”
Info from Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Nutritarian Handbook
