Years of Life and Healthy Years Lost
“At age 20–39 years, obese women will lose $6 years of life and 15–19 years of healthy life”
(Meldrum et al.,2017)
(Meldrum et al.,2017)
Coronary Artery Disease and Hypertension
“Blood pressure can usually be lowered or even normalized by losing weight.It has been estimated that for every 10 pounds of weight gain there is a 20% increase in hypertension and that about 70% of ‘‘unexplained’’ hypertension is from obesity” (Meldrum et al.,2017)
