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No need to depend on autopsies to confirm that our young soldiers are loaded with fatty deposits. Thirty years ago autopsies of young soldiers killed in the Vietnam war revealed that their blood arteries were lined inside with thick fatty plaques known as atheroma. Today our young recruits are so fat they can’t even pass the physical examination. Is this becoming a national security issue?
MASON CITY, IA-The Obama Administration wants to help cure childhood obesity. The goal is to significantly reduce the obesity rate over the next 20 years.
Register Nurse Peggy Davis said, ”we weigh and measure children routinely and we see a lot of kids are in the upper percentile.”
Michelle Obama said, ”for the first time — this is the key — we’re setting really clear goals and benchmarks and measurable outcomes that will help tackle this challenge one step, one family and one child at a time.”
Carlson said they really are pushing more nutritious options at school because it’s a good place to get them.
Now this plan doesn’t come without extra cost. Carlson says that buying fresh fruits and veggies cost quite a bit more per month then canned and frozen.
He says in the long-run it’s worth it because it’s all about developing a habit they continue with.
According the World Health Organization (WHO) – more than one billion overweight adults in the world, and at least 300 million are considered obese
According to the JAMA today’s generation of children are predicted to be the first to die at a younger age than their parent due to obesity-related health problems.
Born in the year 2000, your male child’s lifetime risk of developing type-2 diabetes is nearly 33%, and a female’s risk will be 39% when following the Western diet.
•90% of Diabetics are OVERWEIGHT
•Diabetics MAY NOT NEED Medications…. (if they lose weight)
•Weight Loss – UNDERESTIMATED in T2DM
•PREDIABETES precedes Diabetes
Approximately 17.5,000,000 Americans are diabetic (5.7,000,000 are unaware).
625,000 new cases are diagnosed per year.
Over 8% of all Americans have T2DM
20% of those over 65 have diabetes.
90 to 130 billion dollars/year.
T2DM shortens lifespan by up to 15 years
300,00 deaths annually
Cost of Obesity
World-wide –
2 to 7% of total healthcare costs
USA –
$123 billion in 2001
Britain –
£3 billion in 2003
Major Health Risks associated with obesity include:
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, gallbladder disease, certain cancers, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, depression and suicide
Yeah for the First Lady! Let’s all get behind her, because today’s generation of children are predicted to be the first to die at a younger age than their parent due to obesity-related health problems.
Born in the year 2000, your male child’s lifetime risk of developing type-2 diabetes is nearly 33%, and a female’s risk will be 39% when following the Western diet and exercise life-style habits.
First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled her “Let’s Move” campaignagainst childhood obesity on February 9, 2010. The program’smain antiobesity strategies are empowering parents and consumersby revamping the nutritional labeling of products by the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA), improving the nutritionalstandards of the National School Lunch Program, increasing children’sopportunities for physical activity, and improving access tohigh-quality foods in all U.S. communities (www.letsmove.gov).
