Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

re: Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

Clementine — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:03:04 GMT

Clearly this is a huge issue- but I'm just not sure what the answer is. IMO, the key is a healthy diet and exercise. I just find it hard to believe that there's just one thing that needs fixing. Pinpointing hfcs as the cause does not seem like the answer to me. It's peoples habits, it's portion control, lack of exercise, lack of healthy foods, the expense of healthier foods.

re: Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

Aaltrude — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:14:01 GMT

I consider that the pollution in our modern environment is also a factor.

re: Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

jrwhisky — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:12:32 GMT

I was a healthy active child even past my parents divorce. My mother was worried that I had become depressed about the issue at age 12. The doctor who never talked to me had prescribed Prozac. I only took it for 9 months thank God. Although in the 9 months I gained weight rapidly and my vision went from 20-20 to 20-100. The steady rise in medications could be another factor in our societies weight problems. Kids shouldn't be taking adult drugs yet its happening all the time.

re: Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

curlilox — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:55:27 GMT

My husband and I have spent thousands of dollars trying to find out why our 15 year old son doesn't "tick". At 5 years old, I could not get him to wake up for school. (I homeschool) He would fall asleep on me. So we would work on school when he could stay awake. He began gaining so much weight, I couldn't keep him in clothes. It was humiliating for him to try to find clothes to fit. People would think it was his diet. "He eats too much junk food" We don't keep it in the house! My pharmaceutical father insisted angrily it was because he doesn't get any exercise! (you have to wake up to exercise!) Well, guess what? I took him to an ND this week for diagnostic testing (once again), and the computer testing came back that he had been overdosed on his DPT vaccinations. The tetanus is OK but the Diptheria and Pertussis were off the charts! How many other people out there have had serious side effects due to the shots??? Europe doesn't allow the American vaccinations because of all the garbage that's in them. My son is also full of yeast, fungus, bacteria, and viruses. The ND wonders how much of that came directly from the vaccinations? I believe there much obesity due to the non-foods eaten in this country, but I believe that the government and the FDA is poisoning us to death, and one way is through the vaccinations! How much more can our bodies take? Praise God, we are beginning to reverse the damage through natural means!

re: Chronic Disease Rates Are Soaring -- and Obesity is the Cause

Bryan - oz4caster — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:25:45 GMT

Maybe obesity is just another symptom!

How about too much dietary sugar, HFCS, polyunsaturated fats, and artificial trans-fats and additives, as well as lack of exercise as the cause?

re: Obesity is Driving Rising U.S. Health Costs and Chronic Disease Rates

Patty D — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:59:38 GMT

The difference in cancer rates among Europeans and Americans is likely do to better screening here? I don't think so. For the most part, Europeans are much more active than Americans, eat less processed food and are not as reliant on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Also, and probably one of the main reasons for the difference in obesity and disease rates is that HFCS is not pervasive in European food.

re: Obesity is Driving Rising U.S. Health Costs and Chronic Disease Rates

foxtroter_203 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:42:28 GMT

The article states: "We have got to find more effective means to reduce, and at the worst, stabilize this persistent rise in obesity among adults and kids in this country."

We obviously must look for solutions outside the medical-pharmaceutical box.