Although obesity cannot be categorized as a disease, it is definitely one of the causes of various health complications, such as diabetes, kidney problems, heart diseases and osteoarthritis to name a few. Obesity has been defined as a pandemic of late because today more than 45 million people in America are going to the gym regularly, and the figure has risen significantly since 1993. In 1993 as many as 23 million people were gym goers.
It is surprising to see that people now spend about $19 billion per year on their memberships. This is actually a sign the rising trend of obesity. Until a person is obese why would they take the pain to go to the gym anyways?
The current statistics reveal that more than 70% Americans either belong to the category of overweight or obese. This indeed is an alarming situation and obesity leads to various diseases that can be life threatening. It is because more and more people are falling sick due to obesity and developing different types of health complications, obesity is now considered to be a greatest threat to human health and welfare.
It is important to control obesity at the very stage of onset. The condition develops due to our food habits, which we can actually control.
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