Half Of Our Nation Is Over Weight!

Experts say obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest health problem of the decade. They are predicting a quarter of the population will be suffering from weight related diabetes by . Doctors have coined the phrase diabesity to describe the condition, which is affecting a rising number of chronically overweight adults and children. In Australia researchers say out of children will be overweight within ten years. They said the proportion of children who are overweight is growing by at least one per cent a year.The average weight of Australian adults has increased five per cent in the past decade to .kg according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report. More than half (%) of all men and % of women are overweight. It would seem that many adults underestimate the severity of their own weight problems. They dont recognize theyre in the obese level, so of course they dont recognize theyre child is overweight, one researcher said. Its very hard to educate people who maybe dont see it or dont want to change. Children as young as six are being treated for mature-onset diabetes, a condition once confined to overweight adults in their s. Fatty diets and lack of exercise have also seen year olds treated with cardio-vascular disease. These children could have complications such as eye, kidney, circulation and heart problems by the time theyre . The message needs to be put across to parents to encourage more physical activity and not let their kids sit in front of the computer or TV. FAT FACTS

Obesity costs countries billions of dollars a year. Obese people lose, on average, six or seven years of life. A cup of whole milk contains g of fat. Skim milk has .grams. Obesity makes children so unhealthy and miserable that their quality of life is worse than children having chemotherapy to treat cancer. A meat pie contains the equivalent of teaspoons of fat. A Big Mac gives you just under % of your daily intake of kilojoules in one snack. A can of soft drink contains - teaspoons of sugar. Obese children are times more likely to get diabetes and their chances of heart disease are doubled.

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