14 DAY TRIAL // It's been known for quite some time now that obesity has a range of very unpleasant side-effects on the health of sufferers, including higher chances of diabetes, physical wounds from carrying that much weight around, as well as the possibility of dying two to four years earlier. According to a new major research on obesity and mortality, people who are even mildly overweight statistically pass away two to four years ahead of their estimated date.
This find carries very important consequences, mainly because 60 percent of the US population is overweight to some degree. The situation is also widespread among other Western countries and is considered to be a disease associated with plentifulness and wealth.
In the developed world, people tend to have all the commodities available and to really disregard the need for physical exercise or for healthy food. As a direct result, the average weight in these countries sky-rockets. Of course, the research did not concern genetically-transmitted obesity, but that acquired through lifestyle.
And another worrying thing is that individuals fail to see the importance of exercises. In the UK, for example, some 4-member families live entirely off social support, which is more than enough for people staying at home, but ask for more, saying that the money is not enough.
This is, of course, not fair as regards the other working members of the society who have managed to get a job, including those who are blind, deaf, or in other way crippled. But some obese people claim they cannot move, and do not even try to get on a treadmill or other fitness device, but rather prefer to remain in their condition.
The study has also revealed that those affected by severe obesity, as in with their body/mass index (BMI) between 30 and 35 kg/sqm, are very likely to die eight to ten years ahead of their time. And yet, with all this knowledge, individuals who are in this condition refuse to take action to save themselves, and at the same time raise claims that put others in the workforce in the uncomfortable position of having to work for less money.