| Obesity or corpulence, is malnutrition
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| | The study also revealed that the higher
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| more prevalent in developed countries.
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| | the BMI (body mass index), the higher the
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| This health condition is like a spider's
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| | risk of acquiring obesity related
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| web. Once you're obese, you're at risk of
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| | diseases. However, another statistic
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| a variety of other health conditions,
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| | model revealed encouraging results. It
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| mental and physical.
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| | seems that weight loss and a decrease of
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| It causes type 2 diabetes, heart
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| | incidence of obesity related diseases
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| diseases, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis,
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| | reduces the cost of obesity in health
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| depression etc. This is the sad cost of
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| | expenditure.
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| obesity. This translates to health care
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| | It was found that by maintaining a 10%
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| expenditures that are directly and
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| | weight reduction, the expected years of
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| indirectly caused by obesity.
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| | life extended by more than half. This
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| In the United States, an estimated cost
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| | translates to a decrease in the cost of
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| of obesity is 12% of the national health
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| | obesity and obesity related diseases,
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| care budget, studied by the World Watch
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| | increasing savings from health care by
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| Institute and the World Bank. In a 1999
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| | more than half. Good health is parallel
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| Lewin Group study commissioned by the
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| | to economic benefits.
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| American Obesity Association, the direct
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| | However, counting expenses is one story,
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| health care cost of obesity reached
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| | measuring the quality of life is another.
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| $102.2 billion. It shows a rise from 5.7%
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| | If the cost of obesity decreases as risk
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| of the national health care budget
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| | factors decrease, perhaps the quality of
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| directed to obesity (from a 1994 study)
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| | life increases as a result. This means
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| to the 9.8% of health expenses from the
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| | that more time can be spent living rather
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| 1999 Lewin study.
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| | than fighting a disease in order to live.
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| The cost of obesity includes the costs of
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| | A person is then able to be an active of
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| fifteen other health conditions that are
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| | society.
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| caused by obesity namely: low back pain,
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| | A person could do things they once wished
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| gallbladder disease, endometrial cancer,
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| | to do, like traveling or even experience
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| renal cell cancer, breast cancer,
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| | the simple joy of the wind in your hair
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| colorectal cancer, arthritis, heart
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| | as you ride a bike. The cost of obesity
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| disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke,
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| | may be financially exhausting but the
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| end-stage renal disease, urinary
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| | true cost of obesity is life and
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| incontinence, liver disease, obstructive
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| | everything we love about it.
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| sleep apnea, and hypertension.
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