Obesity: America's Growing Problem

Facts:

• 300,000 Americans die prematurely every year from obesity-related complications
• Obesity costs the US almost $100 billion annually in health care costs or lost productivity
• More than 25% of today’s children are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the world.
• The number of morbidly obese people (Body Mass Index greater than 40) quadrupled between 1986 and 2000.

Obesity Articles

Sexual Abuse- and its relation to obesity

Teens and Gastric Bands - Young adults are going to Canada for gastric band surgery, which is less invasive but poses the same risks.

What is Body Mass Index(BMI) - and how it is used to calculate peoples' degree of obesity? Morbid obesity is a number of 40 or higher on the Body Mass Index scale. Calculate your Body Mass Index Here