Re: Obesity in America Continues to Expand - yadda yadda yadda

On 24 Aug 2005 07:20:58 -0700, "TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>jt wrote:
>> On 23 Aug 2005 13:44:45 -0700, "TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/08/23/hscout527577.html
>> >
>> >Obesity in America Continues to Expand
>> >By Steven Reinberg
>> >HealthDay Reporter
>> >
>> >TUESDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity rates continue to climb in
>> >every state except Oregon, and government policies and actions offer
>> >little hope of reversing the trend, according to a new report Tuesday
>> >from the Trust for America's Health.
>> >
>> >The report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America,
>> >2005, found that Mississippi is the heaviest state, while Colorado is
>> >the least heavy.
>> >
>> >More than 25 percent of adults in 10 states are obese -- Mississippi,
>> >Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan,
>> >Kentucky, Indiana and South Carolina.
>>
>> I am willing to bet that these states have the fewest vegetarians per
>> capita as well.
>
>Why don't you actually do some research and then post the data? Instead
>of just guessing that the numbers will fit your silly little theory.
>You haven't a clue as to what the numbers are, jackass.
>
I doubt there is any research as except for Michigan most of the
people who live in these states are sub-human. But anecdotally it is
true in my opinion and I doubt you could prove otherwise. To be a
vegetarian requires some degree of intelligence which does not exist
in West Virginia etc.
>>
>> The food they eat is greezzy, fried, full of fat, etc.
>
>More silly assumptions.
>
Oh really? So tell me what do Weeest Virginnnians eat?
>
>> >
>> >"Across the board, we have every state failing to meet the national
>> >goal of 15 percent or less of the population being obese," Shelley
>> >Hearne, executive director of the Trust for America's Health, told a
>> >press conference.
>> >
>> >"Bulging waistlines are growing, and they are going to cost taxpayers
>> >more dollars, and it's going to cost us in years of life and quality of
>> >life, regardless of where you live," Hearne added. "We can, and must,
>> >do better to start to turn around this obesity epidemic."
>> >
>> >Added study co-author Parris Glendening, president of the Smart Growth
>> >Leadership Institute: "About 119 million Americans are either
>> >overweight or obese. That's 64.5 percent of adult Americans."
>> >
>> >Excess weight is known to cause a variety of health problems, including
>> >heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.
>> >
>> >The number of obese American adults rose from 23.7 percent in 2003 to
>> >24.5 percent in 2004. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
>> >set a national goal that obesity would be reduced by 15 percent by
>> >2010. An estimated 16 percent of active duty U.S. military personnel
>> >are obese, and obesity is the biggest reason for discharging soldiers,
>> >Glendening noted.
>> >
>> >In addition, people on food stamps are more likely to be obese compared
>> >with higher income individuals, Glendening said. "There is a link
>> >between obesity and those with lower incomes and less education," he
>> >added.
>> >
>> How many vegetarians are on food stamps?
>
>Probably most of them. They are all hippies, aren't they. But I am just
>"guessing", like you.
>
>TC
>
Hippies are not on food stamps. They don't have jobs either, thats
where mommy and daddy come in.


>>
>> >Glendening said that to fight the obesity epidemic, a combination of
>> >individual responsibility and government policy is needed.
>> >
>> >"While it is indisputable that individual behavior -- eating less and
>> >exercising more -- is critical to addressing obesity, the government
>> >and private industry also have important roles to play in setting
>> >policies and taking actions that make it easier to help people make
>> >healthy choices," he said.
>> >
>> >The report criticizes government policies as insufficient and too
>> >narrowly focused to have a significant impact on countering the obesity
>> >problem.
>> >
>> >"The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be
>> >done to help people with nutrition and exercise," Glendening said.
>> >
>> >Glendening and Hearne believe that both state and federal governments
>> >can institute policies to help Americans shape up. They include
>> >combating suburban sprawl by increasing recreation space, and improving
>> >nutrition and physical education in schools.
>> >
>> >"To really see a change in people's health, these programs must grow
>> >significantly," Glendening said.
>> >
>> >"We have a crisis in poor nutrition and physical activity in this
>> >country," Hearne added. "It's simple math: we are eating more and
>> >exercising less. And it's time we deal with it in a much more
>> >systematic and realistic way."
>> >
>> >An outside expert put it even more starkly.
>> >
>> >"Obesity is arguably the gravest public health threat in the United
>> >States today," said Dr. David L. Katz, the director of the Prevention
>> >Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
>> >
>> >Obesity is among the root causes of almost every major chronic disease
>> >you face, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breathing
>> >disorders and cancer, he added.
>> >
>> >"This new report indicating that we are not doing enough to control
>> >obesity should come as no surprise," Katz said. "We are, in fact, doing
>> >quite a lot to make obesity worse. New technologies that decreases our
>> >physical activity; new processed food products that combine tasty
>> >calories with poor nutrition; time wasted on silly distractions such as
>> >fad diets, and policies and politics that squeeze physical activity and
>> >opportunities for good nutrition out of the typical work and school day
>> >all conspire against us."
>> >
>> >Katz said that it will take a massive and comprehensive effort to turn
>> >around the array of "obesigenic" factors that conspire against
>> >everyone.
>> >
>> >"But the effort will be worth it," he added. "Without it, we face
>> >rising rates of chronic disease for as far ahead as we can see. That is
>> >simply not a future any of us can accept."
>> >
>> >----
>> >
>> >"Eat less exercise more." Same *** they fed us 30 years ago and we are
>> >getting fatter becasue of it.
>> >
>> >TC
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