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- Overweight: 60% of Americans
- Obese: 60 million Americans
- $75 billion: Health care costs related to obesity epidemic
- Second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
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Public health officials have called the growing rate of obesity around the world an "obesity epidemic". They say it is a growing public health problem, linked to an increase in rates of diabetes, heart disease and decreased life expectancy.
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Obesity Epidemic Consequences
Obese people are more likely to have heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, trouble breathing, many forms of cancer and myriad other health issues. Often, these lead to early death. Even if treated, the ailments also reduce the quality of life in many sufferers. While modern medical technology can treat the sufferers of such diseases in order to keep them alive, many suffer long-term pain, illness and other long-term consequences.Controversy
Some researchers claim the "obesity epidemic" is a myth. The benchmarks for "overweight" and "obese" are very low, they say. In addition, it is based on Body Mass Index (BMI), which is based on total weight, not percentage of body fat. This categorizes fit people as dangerously unhealthy, for example categorizing George W. Bush as overweight and Arnold Schwarzenegger as obese. They also argue that obesity does not in itself cause heart disease or diabetes. The core issues, they say, are that Americans need to eat less fatty food and exercise more, stating that active obese people are in better health than skinny, sedentary people.-
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Obesity Epidemic Questions
What did the US president speak about with the Mexican President before the epidemic? 1 AnswerHere is an article from the Times Online that chronicles the mid-April visit. As you mentioned this was prior to the Swine Flu outbreak. I am not sure how that ... read more
Does it take a PHD (or MD) to tell us we are obese because we eat too much? 4 AnswersSadly, it is part of a tendency in some segments of society to require validation of the obvious by so called "experts." When self responsibility is increasing... read more
Whats the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic? 4 AnswersA pandemic spreads over a large region while epidemics are limited to a particular location. You could say a pandemic occurs when an epidemic gets way out of co... read more
Whatever happened to the swine flu epidemic? 1 AnswerThe swine flu is still spreading worldwide but appears to be no more dangerous than the usual seasonal flu strains. However, the devastating 1918 swine flu pan... read more
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@saleemkhan ask Jamie how can we escape the corn monipoly of the industrial food system & the obesity/diabetic epidemic that stems from it
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@LactatingGirl No, for the individual it does not. On average for a huge group it does. But the US is in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
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This is a good video - Obesity Epidemic http://76k.com/v/761h4d
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@thefwordblog RT @EarleyDaysYet: [http://EDYet.tk] ZOMG OBESITY EPIDEMIC Fat college kids threatened: Take PE or don't graduate
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