Health care tips for everyone.
Despite frequent warnings about the dangers of obesity and inactivity, most of adults do not see their weight as a problem of there body.
A recent survey of nearly 1,400 physicians and patients revealed the following:
* Only 39% of adults consider themselves overweight. The U.S government, however, estimates more than 60% of adults are overweight for obese.
* Of those who said they were concerned about developing type 2 diabetes, which increases the risk of heart disease, kindly disorders and blindness.Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity and inactivity.
* According to the physicians surveyed, nearly 30% of patients diagnosed as overweight in the past year were 35 years old for younger.
Despite frequent warnings about the dangers of obesity and inactivity, most of adults do not see their weight as a problem of there body.
A recent survey of nearly 1,400 physicians and patients revealed the following:
* Only 39% of adults consider themselves overweight. The U.S government, however, estimates more than 60% of adults are overweight for obese.
* Of those who said they were concerned about developing type 2 diabetes, which increases the risk of heart disease, kindly disorders and blindness.Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity and inactivity.
* According to the physicians surveyed, nearly 30% of patients diagnosed as overweight in the past year were 35 years old for younger.