A: Obesity is a potentially deadly condition. Poor nutrition and physical inactivity account for some 300,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. 3 Obesity-related illness results in hundreds of thousands of
preventable deaths each year in the United States and billions of dollars in health care costs.
Being obese causes an increased risk for developing a number of serious and potentially lethal health problems, including: hypertension/high blood pressure, non-insulin-dependent or Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and gallstones and gall bladder disease. Read More...
