HOW OBESITY EFFECTS YOUR LIFE

OBESITY INCREASES THE RISK FOR THE FOLLOWING HEALTH

CONDITIONS

Increased risk of type 2 Increased risk of Incresed risk of Joint Incresed risk of
diabetes asthma and sleep apnea problems such as gallstones and
osteoarthritis gallballer disease

obesity creates Increased Medical cost

In 2019 the estimated The medical bills of a obese
average medical cost of person was $1,861 dollars
obesity in the US was higher then someone of a
173 billion dollars healthy weight

Adults with obesity have higher

risks for stroke, many types of 28%
cancer, premature death, and
Obesity increase your chance of getting
mental illness such as clinical
coronary heart disease by over a
depression and anxiety quarter

precentage of obesity among adults ages 20 and over

Being overweight or obese is associated with an elevated

risk of developing 13 different types of cancer. These
specific cancers collectively account for 40% of all
cancer diagnoses annually in the United States.

REFRENCES

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health- https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-
statistics/overweight-obesity#prevalence statistics/overweight-obesity#prevalence

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/obesity/