Obesity Health

The percentage of people who are overweight and obese is on the increase, there are more than 1 billion adults in the world who are over weight and 300 million of these are obese.

The percentage of young people who are over weight has more than tripled over the last few years and among children in the age group 6 to 19 years, over 9 million young people are thought to be over weight.

Obesity Health

Severe obesity is a very chronic condition that is extremely hard to treat, for the person suffering from severe obesity sometimes surgery to restrict food intake and therefore aid in weight reduction is the only option left available.

How digestion works

When food moves along the digestive tract digestive juices and enzymes arrive at the right place to digest and absorb calories and nutrients. When we chew and swallow food it moves down the oesophagus to the stomach where a strong acid continues with the digestive process.

Obesity Health

Obesity is not just about how the person looks, it also poses more serious medical issues, any person who is 40% or more over weight is twice as likely to die earlier than a person in the recommended weight zone. Obesity has been linked to several very serious medical conditions including:

• Diseases of the gallbladder especially gallstones.

• Developing high blood pressure.

• Developing some types of cancer.

• Diabetes.

• Gout.