Half of U.S. Adults Will Be Obese by 2030

[AgeofKnowledge]

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says:

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says - The Washington Post

"Based on trends, half of the adults in the United States will be obese by 2030 unless the government makes changing the food environment a policy priority, according to a report released Thursday on the international obesity crisis in the British medical journal the Lancet.

Those changes include making healthful foods cheaper and less-healthful foods more expensive largely through tax strategies, the report said. Changes in the way foods are marketed would also be called for, among many other measures."

What do YOU think? Do you think that 1 out of every 2 adults in the USA will be obese in a couple of decades?

 

[von1]

People eat to much junk food like chips , candy bars, sodas, and cookies and not enough fruits and vegetables in their diet. Plus all the fast food restaurants that are high in fat content. Yes very big problem.

 

[Muskokaman]

Just think of the implications of this:
1 Health care system becoming clogged with individuals in need of medical attention of some kind due to obesity Leaving less health care professionals time available for those truly in need of it = More health care providers= #2
2 Higher health care insurance premiums due to higher volumes of individuals in the health care system(somebody has to pay for it)=#3
3 Higher costs for pharmaceuticals and medicines due of course because of higher volumes of individuals in need of them=supply and demand = profiteering
The western diet (for the most part) is too high in fat(high cholestorol), too low in fibre, too high of a sugar content (diabetes) and lacks many of the essential nutrients and vitamins needed for a healthy body. Not too mention with the advent of the car and modern transportation systems how much excercise do we really get in any given day
A serious emphasis should be put on the masses to curb these patterns or it will only be detrimental not only to ones health but also ones pocketbook in the future!

 

[Michelle94]

I think it is terrible and stupid and probably true. Though, at this point, I doint think advertising will have much effect. It will on young people, but those of us that grew up with certain restaurants and things...it's so glued to our brains...Even if all these fast food chains stopped putting out ads over night, I think we would still naturally flock to them because of conditioning and it's in us now.

 

[Rachel777]

Blames junk food and sleep after eat

 

[Deadtosin]

I don't agree with that. I would have agreed with that a couple years ago, but I see many people trying to change their lifestyle in light of recent health discoveries. Such as obesity and fast food. I think they can take the number of obese individuals and say, from today verses 10 years ago this is the trend that would equal this in 2030, but are they putting into account all of the people who have changed their diets and beliefs in the last couple of years? because otherwise they may see what has happened over x number of years that by far outweighs the progress of the last couple of years, and would give them an inaccurate measure of current health trends? If the world lasts as long as 2030 I'll be sure to look up this post again for comment

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says:

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says - The Washington Post

"Based on trends, half of the adults in the United States will be obese by 2030 unless the government makes changing the food environment a policy priority, according to a report released Thursday on the international obesity crisis in the British medical journal the Lancet.

Those changes include making healthful foods cheaper and less-healthful foods more expensive largely through tax strategies, the report said. Changes in the way foods are marketed would also be called for, among many other measures."

What do YOU think? Do you think that 1 out of every 2 adults in the USA will be obese in a couple of decades?

I think it is possible without intervention. By that I mean, that without repentance from
our current American lifestyles of fast foods, snack foods, candy, salt, fat, sugar, and
processed foods it is possible. Indeed, there is a duality at work here like in so many
other deceptions.

There is no doubt that the American Medical Industrial Complex (MIC), of Insurance,
Drugs/Pharmacy, Nurses Unions, Government funded Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Medicaid,
Medicare, Doctors Unions/Associations (e.g. AMA), Universities and Colleges, all profit
from disease and bad health. There is little incentive for government or the MIC to
change -- Americans must wake up, and help wake each other up to the delusion of a
MIC-god, magic pill. Repentance is the key to driving out these demons.

Please see and contribute to the Thread in the Bible Discussion Forum that covers this
topic and many other forms and calls to PRACTICAL REPENTANCE UNTO SALVATION:

PRACTICAL REPENTANCE UNTO SALVATION
Link -->> http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/28385-practical-repentance-unto-salvation.html

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says:

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says - The Washington Post

"Based on trends, half of the adults in the United States will be obese by 2030 unless the government makes changing the food environment a policy priority, according to a report released Thursday on the international obesity crisis in the British medical journal the Lancet.

What do YOU think? Do you think that 1 out of every 2 adults in the USA will be obese in a couple of decades?

See also the Thread:
A HEALTH AMBASSADOR AND A GREEN DEACON IN EVERY CHURCH?
(Click the Blue Box with the arrow below)

A HEALTH AMBASSADOR AND A GREEN DEACON IN EVERY CHURCH?

August 21, 2011
Preaching a Healthy Diet in the Deep-Fried Delta
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The National Baptist Convention, which represents some seven
million people in nearly 10,000 churches, is ramping up a
far-reaching health campaign devised by Mr. Minor, which aims to
have a “health ambassador” in every member church by September
2012. The goals of the program, the most ambitious of its kind, will
be demanding but concrete, said the Rev. George W. Waddles Sr.,
the president of the convention’s Congress of Christian Education.

Link -->> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/us/22delta.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Interesting and varied comments. I enjoyed reading them.

 

[AnandaHya]

i hate that junk food is cheaper then vegetables and fruit.

 

[AnandaHya]

I think it is terrible and stupid and probably true. Though, at this point, I doint think advertising will have much effect. It will on young people, but those of us that grew up with certain restaurants and things...it's so glued to our brains...Even if all these fast food chains stopped putting out ads over night, I think we would still naturally flock to them because of conditioning and it's in us now.

resist the brainwashing

did you know Coca Cola used to have cocaine in it?

 

[AnandaHya]

People eat to much junk food like chips , candy bars, sodas, and cookies and not enough fruits and vegetables in their diet. Plus all the fast food restaurants that are high in fat content. Yes very big problem.

decline in home cooking and values on the family deemphased.

in Europe people work so they can live, in the US people seem to live so they can work.

 

[dmdave17]

Hi guys. You probably all know me by now as "that paranoid old guy who thinks the devil orchestrates everything". But, I've just got to fire one more shot. While the statement may be true, it does not give the government, or anyone else for that matter, license to tell us what we can or cannot eat. Scripture tells us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) and, as such, we are responsible for their maintenance. However, just as God gave us free will in all endeavors, He has certainly given us free will in the matter of taking care of our bodies (or not). We will someday answer to Him; not to some "nutrition czar", or the president's wife, for how we have treated our bodies.

Here comes the paranoid part. I believe that stories such as the one referred to above are simply "propaganda" designed to condition us to thinking that "Big Brother knows what's best in everything". While the premise about obesity may be true, it's nobody's @$&% business but yours and God's.

 

[Bridget_in_China]

While I definitely do not want the government's involvement in what I eat.. I do think that if fresh veggies and fruits didn't cost so much, people would eat better. Where I currently live, I can get a huge sack of vegetables from the grocery store for less than $5. I think I could buy 2 tomatoes for that same price in the States...

 

[wwjd_kilden]

If my impression that the average american eats at least one meal at a fast food chain a day is correct, then I would not e surprised if it is true

luckily for us Norwegians, fast food is too expensive to do that (and I personally prefer my own cooking over McDonalds any day)

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

Hi guys. You probably all know me by now as "that paranoid old guy who thinks the devil orchestrates everything". But, I've just got to fire one more shot. While the statement may be true, it does not give the government, or anyone else for that matter, license to tell us what we can or cannot eat. Scripture tells us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) and, as such, we are responsible for their maintenance. However, just as God gave us free will in all endeavors, He has certainly given us free will in the matter of taking care of our bodies (or not). We will someday answer to Him; not to some "nutrition czar", or the president's wife, for how we have treated our bodies.

Here comes the paranoid part. I believe that stories such as the one referred to above are simply "propaganda" designed to condition us to thinking that "Big Brother knows what's best in everything". While the premise about obesity may be true, it's nobody's @$&% business but yours and God's.

Dave, those are nice sentiments, and it is true that we do not want government
mandating what we can do. But realize the number of countries with starving people for
example, while we eat twinkies and ho-ho's and devil dogs, soda-pop, candy, salt, fat and
sugary foods. Much of the food industry is regulated and much is also PROMOTED by the
government. The government brings illegal immigrants into the country to work in food
factories, to drive trucks, to work warehouses and etc. to sell us this junk. The
government gives special preference to McDonald's over other companies in matters of
health policy among other such policy problems.

As a nation, the government is deeply involved in the processed foods industry. As a
nation, we need to see through that, wake up, wise up, repent, and speak up to others
about these things.

it DOES matter when the government pays for medicaid, medicare, health subsidies,
hospital and research labs for medical related activities. That is the taxpayers money,
and one taxpayer should not have to subsidize the sloth or ignorance of another.

Scripture warns us, we are not to be drunk in excess ... this relates to any excess, as
Temperance (moderation) and Self Control are fruits of the spirit. By their fruit ye shall
know them.

 

[AgeofKnowledge]

Wow. Powerful posts here.

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

If my impression that the average american eats at least one meal at a fast food chain a day is correct, then I would not e surprised if it is true

luckily for us Norwegians, fast food is too expensive to do that (and I personally prefer my own cooking over McDonalds any day)

 

[Tumnus]

While I definitely do not want the government's involvement in what I eat.. I do think that if fresh veggies and fruits didn't cost so much, people would eat better. Where I currently live, I can get a huge sack of vegetables from the grocery store for less than $5. I think I could buy 2 tomatoes for that same price in the States...

I'm with Bridget. Maybe if we support local farmers/farmers market before heading to the superstores that might have an impact on the food we bring home. I also wholeheartedly encourage folks who have the space on their property to grow their own vegetable/fruit gardens. Our family started a vegetable garden this year and it was one of the best decisions we've made for our health. We have no excuse now not to eat green leafy vegetables.

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

I'm with Bridget. Maybe if we support local farmers/farmers market before heading to the superstores that might have an impact on the food we bring home. I also wholeheartedly encourage folks who have the space on their property to grow their own vegetable/fruit gardens. Our family started a vegetable garden this year and it was one of the best decisions we've made for our health. We have no excuse now not to eat green leafy vegetables.

This is conceptually a good idea. A backyard garden however is at best a laboratory for discovery;

* where did the seeds come from?
* where did the fertilizer come from and what does it do to the environment?
* how much produced does a square foot (or yard or acre) yield?
* how long will the food last - be storable?
* how much labor goes into the yield equation (e.g. hours per bushel)?
* what is the nutritional value of the food grown?
* where is this food grown for the general consumer, how far does it travel - farm to table
* etc., etc.
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Another alternative is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and local harvest (local-vores).
This can be as simple as asking your local grocer to buy local and to label local foods as
such.

To find a CSA, Farmers Markets and other helpful information try:
Link -->> Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE
Community-supported agriculture, a form of an alternative food network, (in Canada
Community Shared Agriculture) (CSA) is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food
distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farming
operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food
production. CSAs usually consist of a system of weekly delivery or pick-up of vegetables
and fruit, in a vegetable box scheme, and sometimes includes dairy products and meat.

Link -->> Community-supported agriculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia