The Dangers of Belly Fat
Overweight people are:
- 50 percent more likely to develop heart disease
- Up to 360 percent more likely to develop diabetes
- 16 percent more likely to die of a first heart attack
- Roughly 50 percent more likely to have total cholesterol above 250
- 50 percent more likely to have erectile dysfunction
- 14 percent less attractive to the opposite sex
- Likely to spend 37 percent more a year at the pharmacy
- Likely to stay 19 percent longer in the hospital
- 20 percent more likely to have asthma
- Up to 31 percent more likely to die of any cause
- 19 percent more likely to die in a car crash
- 120 percent more likely to develop stomach cancer
- Up to 90 percent more likely to develop gallstones
- 590 percent more likely to develop esophageal cancer
- 35 percent more likely to develop kidney cancer
- 14 percent more likely to have osteoarthritis
- 70 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure
Sixty-seven percent of Americans are overweight or obese. You don't have to be one of them.
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