Obesity to haunt half of British men by 2030
Sunday August 28, 2011 03:51:38 PM,
IANS
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London: Nearly half of the British men face the
risk of turning obese within next 20 years, with women closely
following them facing a similar risk of turning overweight by
2030, says an international study.
The study states four in ten British women may turn overweight.
Overall, an extra 11 million Britons would be clinically obese -
so fat that it risks their health - taking the total to 26
million, Daily Mail reported.
Besides, the cost to health services of coping with obesity-linked
problems would rise by £2billion (over $3 billion) a year.
It also warns that almost half a million more people could suffer
heart disease, with nearly 700,000 extra cases of diabetes and
130,000 more cancer sufferers.
The British and American experts behind the analysis have blamed
abundant energy-dense food, too little exercise and lack of action
by policymakers.
They say obesity levels among men could rise from around 19
percent to between 41 and 48 percent.
The proportion of obese women is predicted to increase from 26
percent to between 35 and 43 percent.
The figures, published in The Lancet medical journal, were
produced by a team including Klim McPherson of Oxford University
and US researchers at Columbia University.
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