April 12, 2007

Severe Obesity Fastest Growing Segment

A recent study showed the severe obesity, those with a BMI of 40 or higher is the fastest growing segment of those that are overweight.

The study reveals that this segment grew by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005, twice as fast as those with just moderate obesity.

Report Author Roland Sturn, from the non-profit research organization RAND, noted, “The proportion of people at the high end of the weight scale continues to increase at a brisk rate despite increased public attention on the risks of obesity and the increased use of drastic weight loss strategies, such as bariatric surgery.”

He also noted that this “was not a rare condition among certain genetically vulnerable people but, rather, is an integral part of the U.S. population’s weight distribution.”

Obesity in general is a lifestyle disease that leads to other diseases and illness, and eventually premature death. It’s preventable through simple lifestyle changes.

To read more about the study, visit LiveScience.

To your best health!

Mark

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