In a historical first, there are now as many overnourished people as undernourished around the world. Here's the recipe for obesity on such a global scale: Take technology - cars, washing machines, elevators - that reduces physical exertion and makes us less energetic in our own eyes. We mistakenly assume that increased calorie consumption is a courtesy of increasing prosperity which, in fact, underlies more serious problems that merely extra pounds around our waistlines. Let's look inside ourselves and discover how the extra pounds affect our systems.
Many obese people develop deposits of fat inside liver which may result in cirrhosis in about 10 percent of cases. Obese people are at greater risk of colon cancer. Abdominal fat appears to increase risk more than fat elsewhere, which may explain why men (who tend to store fat in their abdomens) have a higher risk. Fat may affect the most vital systems, that is why we should be more anxious about what we eat and how we eat. One may