Obesity is expected to become the new health and enemy number one in developed countries. Impact of obesity similar to cigarettes. Obesity not only affects the health of citizens, but also the financial burden on the state.
Because of the importance of the issue of obesity to the development of the nation, this problem becomes a special agenda in the meeting of Minister of Health, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, 7-8 October 2010. The issue of obesity is important because obesity causes swelling health costs that must be borne by the state. On the other hand, obesity is also making the country lose a productive force that can be used to build the nation.
Most of the 33 members OECD’s are developed countries and the European Union. For the health sector, Indonesia has not become a member of the OECD. Together with Russia, India, China, and South Africa, Indonesia as a country observer status.
OECD Report 2010, which prepared Franco Sassi shows, the obese die 8-10 times faster than people with normal weight. Every excess 15 kilograms of normal weight increased the risk of death by 30 percent.
In health systems in all countries, obesity becomes a serious problem and costly. Health costs of obese people 25 percent higher than a normal person. The more fat, the greater the cost.
Individuals who are high health costs that contributed to his health costs that must be borne by the state. In developed countries, obesity takes 1-3 percent of total health expenditure. In fact, in the United States, the treatment of obesity using the 5-10 percent of their health budget.
The amount of the budget to overcome obesity is expected to increase as more developing an unhealthy lifestyle, the rising burden of life that trigger stress, and is still rampant development policies that actually encourage an unhealthy lifestyle.
Trends in obesity
Height and weight of the human body has increased since the XVIII century. The trigger was the increase in income, education, and quality of life. For some small circles, regarded as the standard of healthy fat and a sign of prosperity.
The times make the food intake increased. Unfortunately, the food actually consumed more calories and fat.
At the same time, work patterns and lifestyle of a lack of movement. This coupled with the burden of society that the higher stress and longer working hours. All this increases the number of people who suffer from obesity.
The view will be overweight and lifestyle changes to make the number of overweight people increased over the past three decades. Before 1980, only 1 out of 10 people naturally overweight. Now the numbers many times over.
In half of OECD countries, 1 of 2 people overweight and obesity. If this trend continues, an estimated 2 of 3 people will be overweight and obese in 10 years.
OECD countries the lowest number of people with obesity are Japan and South Korea. In addition to a more sustained healthy consumption patterns, urban planning in both countries, it also allows citizens to move and have more physical activity.
Women are more easily become obese than men
In some OECD countries, less educated women are overweight 2-3 times greater than women with high education. Children with one obese parent potentially 3-4 times more likely to become obese than children of normal weight parents. In addition to genetic problems, parents lose an unhealthy lifestyle. The wrong diet, lack of movement, and too much sitting is partly inherited from parent lifestyle.
Obesity is also a problem in the world of work. Employers are less likely to prospective employees who are considered obese because productivity is low and easily hurt. Obese workers pay 18 percent lower compared with normal weight.
Economic Influence
Slowly but surely, obesity becomes a global enemy. Not only is it considered to affect productivity, but also the economic impact due to the high cost of health care.
However, government attention on obesity is still lacking. Low tax rise of instant food and fast food restaurant building helped push the wrong diet. The transport system has reduced the activity of walking, lack of open space and sports facilities have promoted community is getting lazy to do physical activity.
To curb the rate of growth of obesity, government, private companies and educational institutions need to cooperate. The promotion of the dangers of obesity and its prevention measures must be immediately and thoroughly.
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