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OVERWEIGHT INCREASES the risk of developing diabetes by 60%. And once you are overweight with diabetes, your risk of Alzheimer’s increases significantly.
THE MORE WEIGHT you accumulate, the greater the risk of developing kidney stones.
OBESITY, cholesterol and high blood pressure are related to the development of dementia.
RECENT STUDIES HAVE shown that men with high body mass indexes are much more likely to suffer from cataracts compared to thin men.
THERE IS A RELATION between the number of hours of sleep and the risk of obesity. A recent study found that adults who sleep less than four hours are 73% more likely to be obese than those who sleep more.
SLEEPING LESS DECEIVES our body since it assumes that it is time to increase intake and store fat.
SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE shown that obese or overweight men have a much higher chance of developing prostate cancer. Furthermore, gaining weight at an early age is negatively related to survival. That is, a man with prostate cancer at age 55, who has been overweight since age 25, has less chance of survival and will suffer more aggressive cancer.
PEOPLE WITH a body mass index greater than 27.5 are three times more likely to break or tear cartilage in the knee.