Why is obesity important to care for or prevent?

Metabolic syndrome: As an adult, the metabolic syndrome of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and elevated lipids will lead to a shortened life span with cardiac issues, stroke, and early death.

Obesity importance: Obesity has been linked to 20 different medical conditions including reflux, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, asthma, cancer, sleep apnea, elevated cholesterol, and depression. Curing obesity improves or cures a remarkable number of medical illnesses. The cost of obesity to our country is over $100 billion a year. We can't operate ourselves out of this epidemic and there is no magic pill.

Risks of obesity.: Obesity can compromise the heart, the lungs, the liver, the knees, the hips, the ankles, the muscles, the spine. It can affect your sleep making you tired and inattentive during the day. And oh yes, it can shorten your life expectancy.