Statistics show 7 out of 10 adults over 40 in the first world have high cholesterol levels, which is proven to affect their cardiac and general health. In the UK, 2011, 53 percent of obese men and 44 percent of obese women were found to have high blood pressure. During 201112, there were 11,736 hospital admissions due to obesity. This is over 1,000 percent increase compared to 200102. Some of the simple reasons of the increase in obesity include the easy accessibility of cheap, highly processed fast foods, increase in sedentary work, and lack of exercise or active lifestyle.
