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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Because abdominal obesity has consistently been associated with risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, any reduction in the waist circumference or in the WHR is a positive step towards a healthier body fat distribution, regardless of weight loss.
Morbid obesity is a serious chronic disease process that is defined as being 100 pounds or more over your ideal body weight or having a BMI of 40 or greater.
Obesity is second only to smoking as a cause of preventable death in the US, and is a major contributing factor to serious medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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It is clear that the relationship between physical activity and the development of obesity and diabetes deserves to be the focus of future research and should be included in future interventions.
Diabetes, asthma and obesity were chosen as targets for this innovative new demonstration program because of their debilitating effects and their rapidly increasing prevalence in the United States.
Obesity has been identified as the predominant factor underlying the recent dramatic increase in the incidence of Type II Diabetes in the United States as well as in other developed countries.
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