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Obesity Causes Diabetes And Heart Disease

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According to the article by Veronica Majerol, Are Americans (finally) Eating Right, obesity causes 400,000 deaths and a medical cost of $150 billion every year. Obesity is a weight disorder that over 78 million people have in the United States alone and it is widely known that obesity has skyrocketed over the past decades. It has been shown that obesity causes diabetes and heart disease. However, these problems could be prevented if healthier options became more easily attainable.
To begin with, having obesity increases your likelihood of developing diabetes. According to a research done by the The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, nearly 90% of the people who have type 2 diabetes are also overweight or obese.

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