Obesity worse for health than drinking or smoking: NewsTarget.com

According to a new government study from Britain, obesity is more dangerous to health than smoking or drinking. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in Britain says the ongoing issue with weight in England has become more serious in the last 25 years, with one-third of women and nearly half of men now overweight.

In England, there are now 24 million adults who are overweight or obese. Among the country's children, 16 percent are obese as of 2006, compared with 11 percent 11 years ago in 1995. Even more startling is that NICE expects one-fifth of all children to be obese within four years.

In America, public health research has shown that for every 100 obese men and women, there are 50 extra chronic diseases compared to about 20 extra diseases among those who had ever smoked, nearly 60 among people living in poverty, and a similar number for drinkers.

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