Thinking Slimmer's mission statement

Thinking Slimmer has a five-year mission to change at least 50,000 lives.

By empowering people to achieve permanent weight loss and

change to healthier lifestyle and eating habits, our aim is to prevent:

20,000 diabetes cases

10,000 heart attacks

10,000 strokes

5,000 kidney failures

5,000 cancer cases

Together we can make a difference

Research has shown that if you are obese you are:

6 times more likely to develop gallbladder disease

5.6 times more likely to develop high blood pressure

3.8 times more likely to develop diabetes

twice as likely to develop arthritis

more likely to develop some cancers including

prostate, breast, cervix and ovarian cancer

more likely to have a stroke

more likely to suffer back problems

more likely to be infertile

more likely to suffer depression

more likely to snore and suffer sleep disorders

And your life expectancy is much shorter than that of a normal weight person.

The more obese you are, the more risk you have of dying at an earlier age.