Those practising weight loss hypnotherapy will be interested to learn that research published in medical journal, The Lancet, has found that one in ten adults are obese.
The BBC reports that the research, carried out by Imperial College London and Harvard, examined data from 1980 to 2008, focusing on cholesterol, body mass index (BMI) and high blood pressure.
The results found that average BMI had increased and that although now a tenth of the world\'s adult population are medically obese, the statistics vary dependant on geographical location.
The report\'s abstract confirms that the USA had the biggest mean BMI of any "high income" country and that overall, women have greater BMI levels than men.
The BBC notes that many western countries succeeded in stabilising their BMI levels, but the UK was not one of them. British men have the sixth highest BMI levels in Europe and British women have the ninth highest.
The Lancet\'s report says: "in 2008, an estimated 1·46 billion adults worldwide had BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater, of these 205 million men and 297 million women were obese."
This follows news yesterday that in the UK, ambulances are having to be adapted to accommodate the increasing amount of call-outs to larger patients who can\'t comfortably fit on the mobile bed.
The report goes on to say: "Interventions and policies that can curb or reverse the increase, and mitigate the health effects of high BMI by targeting its metabolic mediators, are needed in most countries."
Weight loss hypnotherapy is one of the great, non-invasive alternative therapies used to deal with obesity, where instructions to the unconscious mind can help regulate food consumption and improve self esteem.
