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18 facts on obesity, which you do not know
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1. Producers of child seats for the car model to the size of greater than before. A recent study found that 250,000 American children six years or less do not have access to these patients.
2. According to a study by Yale University, half of the 4,000 respondents online survey on obesity responded that they were willing to give a year of their lives, not to be thick.
3. 15-30% of the respondents said that they can escape their wives, abandon the possibility of having children, be depressed or become an alcoholic, but only to get rid of obesity.
4. 5% and 4%, respectively, said that it would be better to have lost limbs and would be blind than to be removed.
5. 1991 to 2000 the average weight of Americans increased by nearly 4.5 kilograms.
6. In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration raised its assessment of the average weight of men 85 kilograms to 92.
7. In 2000, airlines spent 275 million dollars to 350 million extra gallons of fuel, because the weight of passengers was more than projected.
8. More than a decade ago, Manuel Uribe, who weighed nearly 6 quintals (equivalent to five elephant calf), the last five years chained to the bed. His wife left, because it scared growing estate.
9. Virgin Atlantic has paid Barbara Hewson Wales, in 2006, the equivalent of $ 24,100 in compensation for the that her strangled beard, sat next to her during the transatlantic flight.
10. The medical center Duke University found that women and men who have lost 10% of their total weight, reported significant improvements in the sexual life.
11. Obesity is the second largest cause of preventable death. Tobacco is ranked first.
12. According to the department of veterans, out of the 7.5 million veterans who receive sickness benefits, 70% are overweight and 20% have diabetes, which can lead to blindness, amputation and to the problems of the heart and kidney.
13. Mississippi is home for pecans, sweet potatoes, fried shrimp and catfish. Mississippi is the birthplace of the thickest of the country. More than 25% of adults thick. Coincidence?
14. Recent studies have shown that obesity can cause problems with sleep.
15. But on the other hand, none can lead to obesity.
16. This is a vicious circle.
17. Never forget the past! Aboriginal and native Indians are obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension after the Western lifestyle.
18. If all fat people live in the State, he would be the 12th in terms of population. It would be more people than in the state of Virginia.
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