How Obesity Affects Your Health

HOW OBESITY AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH Obesity is a term used to describe somebody who is extremely overweight with a high amount of body fat, that may impair health ASSESSING WEIGHT USING BMI A widely used method to assess a person's weight is Body Mass Index (BMI) Your weight in kilograms Your height in metres squared = Body Mass Index (BMI) Normal weight Overweight Obese Morbidly obese BMI score: 18.5-24.9 BMI score: 25-29 BMI score: 30-40 BMI score: Over 40 HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY Sleep apnoea Causes interrupted breathing during sleep Depression Heart disease & stroke Back pain Type 2 diabetes High blood pressure Kidney disease Asthma Osteoarthritis A condition Infertility that affects the joints Many types of cancer Liver disease APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK ARE OBESE Adult obesity prevalence country comparison (% of country) Iceland 20.1% 2007 USA Korea 3.8% 22.5% 2009 35.7% 2010 2009 Luxembourg Japan 3.9% Mexico 30% 2006 Scotland 2009 Northern Ireland 28.2% 2010 23% England 24.6% 2010 2007 14% 26.5% 22% 26.1% 2010 2010 Australia 2007 2007 Ireland Wales New Zealand HEART DISEASE KILLS ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE People who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of developing heart disease Heart and circulatory disease were responsible for over a quarter of deaths in the UK in 2011 159.000 Over 159,000 people died from cardiovascular disease in the UK 74,000 A total of nearly 74,000 deaths were from coronary heart disease 42,000 Suffering a stroke caused nearly 42,000 deaths in the UK One in six male deaths were from One in nine female deaths were from coronary heart disease in the UK coronary heart disease in the UK AA PPP HEALTHCARE Sources: NHS, British Heart Foundation, National Obesity Observatory, OECD Health data 2011 redefining / standards Press Association Graphic 000