Ten Interesting Facts About Obesity:
1. Most diseases are caused by being overweight and kill millions of people worldwide every year.
2. An online survey by Rudd University researchers found that half of the 4,000 participants preferred to die a year earlier but not be obese.
3. Women who are married and have children are more likely to be obese than single women.
4. One of the causes of obesity is polluted air. Polluted air affects hormones and causes obesity.
5. Obesity is also a major cause of cancer. Overweight women are more likely to develop breast cancer.
6. Every year, 1.2 million people worldwide lose their lives to obesity.
7. Obesity can lead to neurological problems, heart disease and cancer.
8. Obesity is difficult for a person who has been obese since childhood. Such a person has five times more fat cells in his body than he does in old age.
One in three people in the United States is overweight.
9. Obesity can cause bone problems, fatigue, diabetes and other diseases.
10. "An American study has found that babies born to obese mothers have autism, obesity and slow growth.
