August 07, 2008
Here we go again, another direr prediction.
All U.S. adults could be overweight in 40 years
Now, how could—possibly—every American be overweight when millions and millions are jogging, dieting, and panicking about cancer, heart disease, and who knows what other horrible, calamitous, biological dysfunction the MSM will terrorize the public with next!
The first paragraph by its very supposition is moronic. Okay. I’ve said it. It’s moronic.
But we must continue:
"Genetically and physiologically, it should be impossible" for all
However, . . .
That’s right, however, the impossible become . . . possible. “[…] she told Reuters Health, the data suggest that if the trends of the past 30 years persist, "that is the direction we're going."
Hold one moment. Let’s go back to the data, Dr. Lan Liang speaks of. I don’t know about you but when someone starts thinking about the data, I flash on the Manmade Global Warming Crisis!
(Parenthetically speaking: Why, if something is bad and assumed to be cause by the human species, is it always referred to as manmade? Never like people made? American women are no longer enslaved and chained in the kitchen. And they tend to drive SUVs and Hummer. Just a thought)
Getting back to the data statement, I always suspect it. And always find the bearer suspect as well.
But the reason of the information goes as follows:
1. some groups of
2. among African- American women, for instance, 78 percent are currently overweight or obese.
All based on “government survey data collected between the 1970s and 2004.†Also, “researchers estimate that 86 percent of American adults will be overweight by 2030, with an obesity rate of 51 percent. By 2048, all
And of course everything just gets worse as “[w]eight problems will be most acute among African-Americans and Mexican- Americans, the study projects. All black women could be overweight by 2034, according to the researchers, as could more than 90 percent of Mexican-American men.â€
Of course, all of this data is a “Wake call!†All this fat is directly proportional to the cost of health care! But isn’t everything these days a direction effect on health care? And changes must be made, of course. “Broader social changes are needed as well, she said -- such as making communities more pedestrian-friendly so that people can walk regularly, […]†but here’s the scary part as Dr. Lan Liang continues, and get “the food industry to offer healthier, calorie-conscious choices.†It must be added that the individual effort is not enough. "It really needs to be more than an individual effort," Liang said. "It needs to be a societal effort."
Can you say, government mandated exercise programs like it’s the business of Dr. Lan Liang or anyone else in government to be involved.
Ultimately, and as always, it’s not about health or obesity, it’s about the government telling the American food industry what to produce and telling Americans what to eat and how miles to walk and how many push-ups to do.
The obese U.S. Governmental bureaucracy should lead by example and cut some of its fat first. So, Dr. Lan Liang should be carefully. She could be putting herself out of a job.
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