What % of people who are overweight due to untreatable medical conditions vs just lack of caloric discression?
Ryde on asked:
I watched a show on Discovery ” The Science of Obesity” in it they stated that only approx. 5% of overweight or obese people were so due to medical reasons ,leaving 95% of the overweight due to over eating and under exercising.
I watched a show on Discovery ” The Science of Obesity” in it they stated that only approx. 5% of overweight or obese people were so due to medical reasons ,leaving 95% of the overweight due to over eating and under exercising.
I’m looking for links or stats to support or verify theses numbers.
i will never ? u on April 12th, 2009
not many, but alot of people blame their obesity on a medical condition, when their real problem is that they eat too much (emotional eating) so i guess you can say that is mental