Obesity has become a worldwide medical issue. It's an epidemic that researchers are calling the plague of the 21st century. The issue is the worst in places like Britain, The United States, Canada, and Australia, where fast food is readily available 24 hours a day. The fact is that if not controlled soon, the entire world will suffer from being too fat and too exhausted to exercise as the hamburger, chicken and pizza joints begin to slither into the culture of Asian, South American, and Middle Eastern countries at a rapid pace.
Tragic Facts About Obesity The Big Fat World Should Know
By
Editorial Staff in
Health and Fitness
On 16th October 2016
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#1 Worldwide
Turn your pacemakers up because this is a shocker! Today, there are more people worldwide suffering from obesity as a medical condition than those suffering from hunger or starvation. There are still those going hungry, but the food is not getting to that sector while the obese population grows (pardon the pun).
#2 Ranking
Hold onto your hats folks! The USA is not actually the fattest country in the world, despite what everyone wants to believe. In fact, the USA is only number eleven in terms of obese people. That means that somewhere out there are people worse than those caught late night shopping at Walmart in their big, loose pajamas. Even the UK is listed at number 22 on the list of most obese populations by country.
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#3 The Fattest
The Western World was once considered the fattest, and growing, but not any longer. The fattest country in the entire world is currently Kuwait, yes, little ole Kuwait, who have an impressive 42.8 percent of their population listed as obese. Right behind Kuwait is Samoa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tonga, and the Cook Islands. This is due to the emergence of westernized culture like fast food restaurants and express travel.
#4 Research
If you eat one of your meals out at a restaurant or fast food joint 2-3 times per week, you are most likely obese by medical standards. Research has proven that those who eat out at dinner or breakfast instead of a home-cooked meal tend to be far more obese than others.
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#5 Lack Of Sleep
Your sleeping habits may be contributing to that growing waistline as well. Believe it or not, a lack of sleep is an ally to obesity. Those who don't get enough sleep and eat unhealthy foods, especially late night snacks, will find themselves gaining two pounds of fat in just a single week.
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#6 Medical Bills
Over twenty-one percent of medical costs in the World are attributed to obesity in the country. Annual costs in terms of healthcare within the United States has surpassed $290 billion for obesity or related illnesses.
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#7 Early Nineties
My how time flies when you're having lunch! Back in the early nineties, which is not that long ago, not a single state in the US had an obesity rate above fifteen percent. Today, forty-one states have an obesity rate over twenty-five percent. Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana all have obesity rates well above 37%.
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#8 Diet Soda
Ordering two double cheeseburgers with a DIET soda is not going to help you. People assume diet soda is a healthier option to a soft drink, but that is false. The waist of a diet soda drinker actually grows seventy percent more on average than a non-diet soda drinker. The reason? The artificial sweeteners used actually make you hungrier and turn calories into fat instead of energy.
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#9 Modern Medicine
Being fat is not the cause of all your aches and pains, it's the diseases that come along for the ride that can actually kill you. Modern medicine currently attributes 44 percent of diabetes, 23 percent of ischemic heart disease, and around seven to 41 percent of cancer from being overweight or obese.
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#10 American Cancer Society
The leading cause of death is NOT cancer any longer. According to the American Cancer Society, around 600,000 Americans will die every single year, over one-third of these deaths are due to excessive body weight causing things like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks, stroke, lung disease, and other related ailments.
