As a result of lack of physical activities and improper diet the prevalence of obesity has tripled in the past two decades. If statistics are to be believed, more than half of all adults and 20% of all children are obese in Europe alone. This is quite an alarming trend as obesity not only leads to unattractive figure but also increases chances of life threatening diseases like heart problems and cancer. Besides these hypertension, diabetes and digestive problems are some common after affects of obesity.
It is high time that people should realize the importance keeping their weight under control for staying healthy. But unfortunately there are still a large number of people who are unaware of the hardships that they may have to face as a result of their obesity problem. Because of lack of knowledge on the part of significant proportion of overweight people, obesity trend in growing and it seems beyond impossible to bring this unhealthy trend under control.
I would like to share another important statistic pertaining to amount of money that people spend on annual basis for treatments of problems which were occurred due to them suffering from obesity. In Europe,...