The latest Canadian Health Measures Survey shows that nearly two out of three of adults are overweight or obese and one in four children are in the same sinking boat.

Up from 26 percent in 1981, these obesity statistics are bad news not just because of the dramatic increase but because of the type of fat Canadians are accumulating.

Two-thirds of adult Canadians have abdominal obesity, the fat around the middle that’s linked to increased risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. In the last two decades, the average waist circumference has grown 10 centimeters ballooning the proportion of Canadians with dangerously large waists to 21 percent in men (up from five percent) and 31 percent among women (up from six percent).

This sharp increase in belly fat coupled with population-wide decreases in muscle strength and flexibility show that we are not a ‘fit fat’ nation.

Prominent Canadian obesity researchers say the country is in an obesity crisis with physical activity at an all time low while caloric intake continues to skyrocket. As the obesity epidemic grows into an epidemic of obesity-related diseases, medical experts are becoming increasingly aware of the need for effective long-term solutions like weight loss surgery where diet and exercise protocols fail.

Currently, 40 percent of women and 23 percent of men are trying to lose weight according to the most recent National Population Health Survey by Health Canada. The stark reality is that 95 percent of those trying to lose weight by traditional diet and exercise plans will regain the weight within five years. Some even end up worse off than when they started because of cycles of binge eating and deprivation.

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