Great documentary on HBO, The Weight Of The Nation, about the obesity epidemic in this country. The Bogalusa, AL obesity study followed children into adulthood from the early '70s. Unbelievable, very disconcerting. You think healthcare cost are expensive now, just wait. Almost 20% is children are obese. 70% of adults will become obese. The beginnings of atherosclerosis is being discovered in children as young as 5 years old. Adult-onset diabetes is not so much adult-onset anymore.
Obesity is the single most influential factor in the causation of the majority of our most prevalent chronic illness today: hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, sleep apnea, arthritis just to name a few. How are we going to put our nation on a diet?
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