Obesity

Avoid Obesity

• The prevalence of obesity was 39.8% and affected about 93.3 million of US adults in 2015~2016.
• Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer that are some of the leading causes of preventable, premature death.
• The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was $147 billion in 2008 US dollars; the medical cost for people who have obesity was $1,429 higher than those of normal weight.

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