About Obesity

Obesity is a serious medical condition. People with this disorder means that they have an excessive amount of fat in their body. This excess fat, if not controlled can cause a serious negative effect on your health. It increases the chances of developing various diseases especially cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and depression. In 2014, World Health Organization (WHO) released a statistical data regarding obesity. According to the data released, there are 1.9 billion adults who are overweight. 600 million of them are obese. For children below 5 years of age, 41 million of them are overweight or obese. This
figure is very alarming. It shows that a lot of people, both adults, and children, are not taking good care of their health.