Honestly, this is a really sad commentary on the modern US Society. According to several studies, we are officially the fattest people on the planet. This is from an article that I read just this morning. Granted, the article doesn’t go into a lot of detail as to why or how this has happened, but in the end it’s not really that surprising. The question we have to ask ourselves is are we as individuals part of the problem? This is a problem that can be fixed, and honestly needs to be fixed for so many reasons that we won’t have time to go into here. But just look at the effect this is having on the health care system. Something needs to be done, and it needs to be done on an individual level if great changes are really going to happen. So, don’t be afraid of being called and ‘health nut’, because in the end its much much better than the alternative! Also, being a health nut is much better for our overall society than being fat ever will be!
Article:
There’s no polite way to say this: Americans are the fattest people on the planet. Americans are heavier than Mexicans, Australians, Greeks, New Zealanders and the British — from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 Statistical Abstract Americans ate more than twice as much high-fructose corn syrup per person in 2004 as we did in 1980. (no wonder)
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Yeah, this is a really sad commentary. If we were being compared to a third world country it wouldn’t be bad, it could just mean that we’re healthier. But we’re being compared to other healthy nations, which are apparently more healthy than us. Wake up Americans, work out, eat some fiber. Do something!!!!!!!!
As a heaver person my self I think part of the problem would be the number of white collar jobs available to people in which the site at their desks all day not getting any exercise I feel this has been a problem in my case so I feel it they can implement something in the work place to get some sort of exercise program for white collar jobs that would be great.
I agree that our obesity rates are increasing and we are, as a nation, not as healthy as we should be. I think it’s irresponsible, though, to blame obesity on one thing (such as high fructose corn syrup, which in my opinion gets a bad rap) because this, like many other things, in moderation won’t hurt you. The key is leading an active lifestyle and watching your diet, but I think pointing the finger at HFCS doesn’t do justice to the significance of a combination of other factors that are more drastically leading to obesity.
well said about health care system in this blog.