Excess weight and obesity heighten the risk of many serious health problems including diabetes, stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure and certain cancers. Her studies include annual surveys of 17,000 children and 116,000 women. Obesity is rising quickly around the world, especially among children. We never used to see obese children in China. Now you do.
Obesity is very difficult to treat.
Many people lose weight, but few are able to lose weight and maintain that loss for an extended period of time. When you treat alcohol or substance abuse, you emphasize avoiding alcohol or drugs or situations where they'll be present. You need to deal with food. I was in Switzerland last December, and I did not see the prevalence of obesity in that country. Obesity is one result of our consumer-oriented society.