Did you know that obesity is the cause of more than 3.4 million deaths and at least 4 per cent of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) all around the world? It is estimated that the health condition of obese persons' is most often worse than people with normal weight and the lifespan of obese people is on average is shorter by two years. Some of the co-morbidities related to obesity include cancers (cancers of breast endometrial ovarian colorectal esophageal kidney pancreatic prostate) Type 2 diabetes hypertension stroke Coronary Artery Disease Congestive Heart Failure asthma chronic back pain osteoarthritis pulmonary embolism gallbladder