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Obesity epidemics is spreading fast. This is not an unusual since peopleare generallyresiding in urban cities and western civilizations are influencing whole world. A growing number ofjunk food restaurants are open in the world. People live stressful lives and they are spending much less time on exercise.
Research shows that the country with all the highest percentage of obese people is Nauru, where almost 95% of men and women older than 15 years are overweight. There are severalParts of asia that follow, USA is on the 9th place with 74% of overweight people. People areliving in the cities away from their roots and traditional way of eating. They consume increasingly more processed food. Highly processed food has high energy value. People used to work on the fields and excercise but in present time more and more people are sitting.
WHO reportedthat there's currently 1,6 billion overweight people on earth. Future predictions predict 40% increase of overweight people in the nextdecade.
One of many studies which lasted nearly thirty years and included 4000 people has shown that down the road every 9 of 10 men and every 7 of 10 women will be overweight.Even people who had not gained pounds in middle ages, were not safe from becomingheavy in the future.
Studies participants where white-coloredfolks in ages between 30 and 59 years. Researchers examined them every four years. Study indicates that in average 6 out of 10 folks are overweight. Inficator for being fat was defined with BMI over 30.
According to calculations average life expectancy should decrease from current 77 years to 72 years. This is because of obesity problems which bringsincreasedmortality rate. Unhealthy weight is primary cause for a lot ofdiseases.
We need to educate younger generations about food and healthy lifestyleso that we can stop this issue. There is absolutely no evidence yet that the situations are turning to the better.
