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This web site contains practical information that will help overweight individuals achieve good long-term outcome - freedom from dependence on food and weight loss programs.

The foods we eat every day contribute to our well-being. Foods provide us with the nutrients we need for healthy bodies and the calories we need for energy. If we eat too much, however, the extra food turns to fat

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Severely obese people are approximately six times more likely to develop heart disease, and 10 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes (adult-onset diabetes). Obesity also causes respiratory problems, low back pain and arthritis.

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Obesity is a leading cause of preventable illness and death in North America. In the last 10 years, the number of overweight people in industrialized countries has increased significantly - so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called obesity an "epidemic." In the United States, 33% of the population - about 60 million people - are overweight. In Canada, about 10% to 25% of teenagers and 20% to 50% of all adults have a weight problem. People who are obese are at a much higher risk for serious medical conditions such as high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, gallbladder disease, and different cancers than people who have a healthy weight.

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As a child, Carnie Wilson suffered from childhood obesity. Inappropriate eating with no self discipline, resulted in morbid obesity for Carnie Wilson. Pleased with her weight loss results, through bariatric surgery, she provides information to the overweight community.

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Researchers searched the entire human genome and have zeroed in on a small area on chromosome-3 that harbors genes that could be responsible for several obesity-related traits.