Half of all
men will be obese by 2040, claim experts
(May 10, 2012) NEARLY half
of all men and more than a third of all women will be obese within the next 30
years, experts have warned.
They claim
that if current trends continue the cost of treating related illnesses such as
heart disease, diabetes and cancer will soar in the next two decades.
The
predictions, made at European Congress on Obesity, were calculated by
extrapolating current rises into the future.
The
conference in Lyons, France, heard that in 1993, only round 10 per cent of
English men aged between 18 and 40 were classed as obese. Today, the figure
stands at 20 per cent.
By 2030, 40
per cent of young men in England are predicted to be obese, and by 2040 the
figure will hit 45 per cent.