6/03/2016

Tragic Things You Might Want To Know About Obesity 2

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Despite many people wrongly connecting obesity with a rich lifestyle, surveys in the United States have shown that poor people have a much higher rate of obesity than the rich.

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Source: Obesity Facts & Figures – EASO, Image: YouTube
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However, in developing and poor countries, obesity is more common among the highly educated and wealthy.

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Source: Obesity Facts & Figures – EASO, Image: Wikipedia
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New Zealand denies people residency visas if they are overweight. There have been recorded cases of people rejected because they were obese.

New Zealand denies people residency visas if they are overweight. There have been recorded cases of people rejected because they were obese.
Source: Obesity Facts & Figures – EASO, Image: Wikipedia
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In case you are one of those who still believe that obesity can’t kill, think again. Being overweight or obese is the fifth-leading risk of global deaths as of 2015. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.

In case you are one of those who still believe that obesity can’t kill, think again. Being overweight or obese is the fifth-leading risk of global deaths as of 2015. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
Source: Obesity Facts & Figures – EASO, Image: Wikipedia
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It took the modern world many decades of debate to come to the conclusion that we should consider obesity a disease, but in ancient Greece and Egypt obesity was seen as a severe medical disorder.

It took the modern world many decades of debate to come to the conclusion that we should consider obesity a disease, but in ancient Greece and Egypt obesity was seen as a severe medical disorder.
Source: Obesity Facts & Figures – EASO, Image: Wikipedia
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