Chronic diseases for instance stroke, heart disease, diabetes, cancer as well as arthritis – are some of the most common, expensive as well as preventable of all problems of health in the United States.

Chronic diseases are the leading causes of disability as well as death in the United States.

Seven out of ten deaths among Americans every year are from chronic disease. Heart disease, stroke and cancer account for approximately more than 50% of all deaths every year.

133 million Americans in 2005 – almost one of every two individuals – had one chronic illness.

Obesity has reached the stage of becoming a major health concern. One out of every three individuals over the age of 20 years of age is obese and approximately one in five youths between the ages of 6 and 19 is also obese with Body Mass Index being in the 95th percentile of the growth chart of the CDC.

Approximately one-fourth of individuals with conditions that are chronic have one or more limitations to daily activities.

Diabetes remains the number one leading reason for failure of the kidneys, non-traumatic amputations of the lower-extremity, as well as blindness among adults who are 20 to 74.7 years old.

Arthritis is the most common cause of disability, with approximately 19 million Americans having activity limitations.

The stats are just as bad in most industrialized countries especially in Europe and the stats begin rising to this level once any country starts being more Westernized and standards of living rise.