Problems caused by obesity

The American population suffers from a great part of obesity. Statistics shows that more than 34 % of the people living in the Stats suffer from decidedly obesity (defined as a body mass index over 30). This number is very high considered the fact that it does not show all the inhabitants with a BMI under 30 but who is still considered overweight. 


Calculations show that 86 % of all Americans will be overweight or extremely fat by the year 2030. That is if they do not change their eating habits and start exercising.

Overweight can cause seriously health problems such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, blood clots, osteoarthritis, gallstone and cancer. Beside all the life threatening diseases, overweight can also lead to sufferings like back pain and asthma.

A diagram which shows how big of a risk you are in getting cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and gallstone.

BMI between 25-27	8 times bigger risk
BMI between 31-33	40 times bigger risk
BMI higher than 35	93 times bigger risk

Beside many physical problems that can be caused by overweigh, also mental things can be disturbed. Especially children are exposed of bulling which can cause an unhappy childhood.