pop 0 #26 October 3, 2007 QuoteFrom here: QuoteNearly twice as many U.S. adults are obese compared to European, a key factor leading Americans to suffer more often from cancer, diabetes and other chronic ailments, a study released on Tuesday found. Treatment of these and other chronic diseases adds between $100 billion and $150 billion to the annual health care tab in the United States, according to the report comparing U.S. and European health published online in the journal Health Affairs. Not meant to be a fat-people-bashing thread, but when an individual's problem becomes someone else's, something needs to be done to address the problem. What solutions do you think would help to reduce obesity in the USA, without over-reaching government intervention? Parents need to take responsibility and taech kids about the effets of fast food. Kids need to be taught to excersize from an early age. Did I mention fast food makes people fat?7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #27 October 4, 2007 QuoteWhat solutions do you think would help to reduce obesity in the USA, without over-reaching government intervention? Get rid of some of the government intervention that has contributed to the obesity epidemic. Most egregious? The agricultural policy that subsidizes the production of corn. Cheap corn = high fructose corn syrup = an abundance of cheap, calorie-rich, nutritionally-empty food. I find it hard to believe it's purely coincidental that obesity rates have risen along the same line as the use of HFCS since the 1970s."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #28 October 4, 2007 QuoteQuoteWhat solutions do you think would help to reduce obesity in the USA, without over-reaching government intervention? Get rid of some of the government intervention that has contributed to the obesity epidemic. Most egregious? The agricultural policy that subsidizes the production of corn. Cheap corn = high fructose corn syrup = an abundance of cheap, calorie-rich, nutritionally-empty food. I find it hard to believe it's purely coincidental that obesity rates have risen along the same line as the use of HFCS since the 1970s. That's not the only thing corn is used for. It is the cornerstone of our food supply, and the commodities market has corn at all time highs, in part, thanks to increased ethanol production as well.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
