More reasons why losing weight is important.

• Studies report 63% of Americans are overweight or obese

• Obesity cost Americans 93 billion dollars per year

• The average increase in health care spending by an obese person over a person of normal weight was $732 per year - 37.4 percent more.

• Even modest weight loss and exercise significantly lowers the chances of getting type 2 diabetes, the government noted the vast majority have the Type 2 form that is increasing at epidemic proportions as Americans get older, fatter and less active - hence the rising costs.

• People should lose weight if they're overweight, ...- the guidelines say one of the factors that increases blood pressure is being overweight.  An estimated 50 million Americans have high blood pressure, often called the silent killer because it may not cause symptoms until the patient has suffered damage. It raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, kidney damage, blindness and dementia.    Journal of the American Medical Association, May, 2003.

• The Light Weigh does not involve using supplements. The Food and Drug Administration has reports of at least 100 deaths linked to the supplement Ephedra, which is used in many weight loss programs.

• Researchers found that 14% of all cancer deaths among men and 20% of all cancer deaths in women were associated with being overweight or obese. For almost all cancers, the risk of death increased as body mass did. The heaviest men and women in the study were 52% and 62% more likely to die of cancer, respectively, than men and women of normal weight. Losing weight could prevent one of every six cancer deaths in the United States - more than 90,000 each year, according to research published in the April 24 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

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