Australian Obesity Help Please?

Question) Outline how it contributes to the overall burden of disease in Australia by considerin its incidence, prevalence, and disability adjusted life years, and changes overtime.

This is what i have put for my answer so far; The burden of disease associated with obesity is largely caused by our diets and lifestyles. It contributes to the overall burden of disease in Australia by; more people suffering from heart-attacks which results in possibly death.

Anyways, what else should i write? could anyone help me. please? thanks in advance..

i didn't really get ur question but all western countries have the problem probably because we made it socially acceptable to be fat

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