Living with obesity reduces your quality of life on a multi-faceted plane, induces depression, and increases your risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, which claim the lives of 215 people a day.
The Heart & Stroke Foundation reports that five people have heart attacks and 10 have strokes, per hour. Over 70% of South African women are now categorised as overweight or obese. This raises their chances of developing non-communicable conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and several types of cancer.
Rene Schickerling, Women’s Health Category Manager for Pharma Dynamics, says people who are obese have a 50 to 100% increased risk of premature death from all causes, compared to those who are within a healthy weight range.
In addition to genes, metabolism, age, medication, sleep, diet, inactivity and many other factors,…
