Donation
In 2015, Coca-Cola created controversy when it paid $550,000 directly to the head of an anti-obesity group. After the donation was revealed, the group disbanded.
Steps per day
Amish men take about 18,425 steps per day. Amish women take about 14,196. The average American adult takes about 4,000 steps per day. Only 4% of Amish are obese, compared to 31% of the general population.
Satisfaction
Obese men and women reported being significantly less sexually satisfied than the general population.
No visas
New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they are overweight. There have been cases of people rejected because of obesity.
Attributed to obesity
Over 300,000 deaths in the U.S. a year are attributed to obesity. Obesity is second only to smoking as a cause of premature death in the United States.
The stress hormone
The stress hormone cortisol not only causes abdominal fat to accumulate, but it also enlarges individual fat cells, leading to what researchers call “diseased” fat.
Free refills
In order to combat obesity, France banned free refills at fast food restaurants in 2015.
Excess calories
Eating excess calories stops the body’s production of uroguanylin, a chemical that helps people feel full, so overeating begets overeating.
Obesity is more..
In rich countries, obesity is more common among the less educated, but in poor countries, obesity is more common among the highly educated.
When you lose weight
When you lose weight, most of the fat is breathed out as carbon dioxide while the rest is excreted as water.
American Sweets
The average American eats 25 pounds (11.3 KG) of candy each year.
Ancient medicine
Both ancient Egyptian and Greek medicine recognized obesity as a medical disorder.