Did you know that for every kilo a person is overweight, it creates four additional kilos of pressure on their knees? This means that a person who is 50 pounds over the suggested weight limit is putting an additional 200 pounds of pressure on their knees. This statistic actually shows a concrete example of the physical burden that obesity brings. Extra weight causes your body to require higher blood flow, which puts more strain on your heart muscles and makes them thicker (Warkentin, 2012). The thicker the heart muscles become, the harder the heart has to work to pump blood, significantly increasing the risk of heart disease and heart attacks (Warkentin, 2012). High blood pressure is another common physical problem caused by obesity. There are many other problems you can get from being obese. Those given in this paragraph are excellent examples of the physical risks you and others take that allow you to become