Does obesity help to cause degenerative disease?
What are the main causes of obesity in the world? Can we change it? With store shelves bursting with low-fat foods, diet pills and shakes, and hundreds of books on losing weight, the epidemic of obesity in the Western world seems a little uncanny. In the majority of European nations, obesity rates have catapulted to nearly 40%, and in the United States an average of 60% of the population is considered overweight or obese. These are developed nations, and the abundance of food combined with more sedentary lifestyles certainly seems a likely culprit. The majority of us take our weight very seriously, harboring an underlying shame for those “extra pounds”. It’s important to remember that being overweight (with a body mass index of between 25.5 and 30) and being obese (with a BMI of over 30) are two separate entities. However, regardless of whether you’re considered overweight or obese, paring your body mass index down to under 25.5 is the best way of achieving optimal health. That being s
