Whilst everyone knows that being obese is not good for us, many people who are obese do not know exactly how dangerous the consequences really are, and they are more dangerous than they think.

While people do not technically die of obesity, somewhere between 100,000 to 400,000 Americans die from the diseases that come with it each year. Even at the lower estimates, it is still a huge death toll; much greater than other causes of death which receive a lot more press attention.