besity is not only an aesthetic problem, but also a health hazard. There are numerous serious medical conditions with which obesity is associated such as cardiac diseases, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, respiratory problems among others. In the past 3 decades, there has been a high increase in the number obese people especially in the working class. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that 1in 3 adults in American is now believed to be obese, this is roughly described as a person whose body mass index (BMI) is equal to 30 or higher than 30 which gives the number of the overweight persons to be approximately 40% or higher.