58 Million Overweight;
40 Million Obese;
3 Million morbidly Obese
Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
25% completely Sedentary
76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men
One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia
Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia
Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder
An estimated 10 – 15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males
I find it interesting Obesity is more prevalent than anorexia, and no one tries to rehabilitate the fatties. Why is that?
I dont know the answer to that.. maybe its because we woudnt even know where in the heck to begin fixing our "fat problem"! Would it be to shut down all fast food chains, or remake them to be healthier? would it be force all the fat people to exercise? Its too much work apparently, but its not too much work for the doctors who have to give so many double bypass surgeries, and diabetes meds, give out respirators so their obese patients can sleep at night without having their fat litterally suffocate them, etc, etc?
ReplyDeleteI really wish i knew!!! Great post :)) makes me think.
Maybe they should lock us up after we get to a certain percent body fat, and only feed us healthy food, and force us to exercise 5 hours a day... That's IT! Make it illegal to be over a certain % body fat... Attempted murder...? Sadly, I don't think it would stick...
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