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EXECUITIVE SUMMARY

In this report,

INTRODUCTION

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines obesity as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health”. (2009). The measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), which is calculated by dividing an individual’s weight measured in kilogram’s by their height in metres squared. Over the years, children have been dying from heart failure where extreme obesity is

a contributory factor. Most overweight or obese children become overweight or obese adults; overweight and obese adults are more likely to bring up overweight or obese children. There is little encouraging evidence to suggest that overweight people generally lose weight; there is ample clear evidence that being overweight greatly increases the risks of a huge range of diseases, and that the more overweight people are, the greater the risks. According to an article in The Times newspaper, it says that:

A woman was recently awarded £13,000 compensation from Virgin Atlantic, after developing a large bruise, and muscle and nerve damage which made her bedridden for a month, caused by being wedged next to an obese female passenger for an 11 hour flight. (2004).

Obesity is associated with a wide range of conditions, according to the 2002 WHO World Health Report: “Overweight and obesity leads to adverse metabolic effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides34 and insulin resistance. Risks of coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke and type 2 diabetes mellitus increase steadily with increasing BMI.” Raised BMI also “increases the risk of cancer of...