In 2004, the US Center for Disease Control, or CDC, listed obesity as the #1 health threat in the United States. It surpassed cancer as the leading cause of death. Currently, obesity is the contributing factor in roughly 400,000 deaths in the United States a year.
In 2008, the medical costs from obesity and obesity-related illnesses was a jaw-dropping $147 billion!
In 2009, the CDC's surveys found that 34 states had populations in which more than 25% of the citizens were obese. In 2000, ZERO states had populations over 25%. This number continues to rise every year.
Studies show that 17%, or 12.5 million children and adolescents are obese, triple what it was in 1980.
1 in 7 preschool aged children from low-income areas are obese.
Obesity can lead to serious diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome, as well causing infertility in both men and women.
The severly overweight spend more money on healthcare in their lives than smokers.
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