Mean cholesterol intakes decreased in adults. The mean cholesterol intakes for adult males was still above the recommended level of 300 milligrams or less per day. McDowell MA, Briefel RR, Alaimo K, et al. Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Phase 1, 1988-91. The most obvious result of eating improperly is weight gain.
Obesity is a serious and growing public health problem.
Experts predict that increasing rates of obesity will result in increased diagnoses of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. The treatment of these conditions and their complications could result in enormous expenditures of public and private funds at a time when resources are shrinking. Is there a relationship between diet and hypertension, or high blood pressure . Obesity and overweight increase high blood pressure in all ethnic groups at all ages. The risk of developing high blood pressure is two to six times greater in people that are overweight.