After a physical examination with a new doctor, not the most thrilling words to hear was, "You are obese!" From the medical point of view, he probably had to use the 'o' word, while on the street we go by gentler terms like pleasingly plump or a little overweight. Some are known to be fluffy. The one for the guys is bragging about being on the level because the bubble is in the middle. Most of us have been there or are still there today.
Much of the mail delivered to our homes these days we have not ordered but is material on weight-loss or solving health problems caused from being overweight. There is a whole industry developed to respond to our weight problems including diet pills and potions, elixirs, exercise equipment, sports gyms, gastric surgery, and the list goes on. According to statistics this is something that nearly four out of ten Americans should or could be looking into, and are dealing with. Truly overweight problems are with us and it appears the problem is not getting better, but promises to get worse.
There are many polls, physicians records, and other ways of developing statistics on where we are today. Not all agree on the results, but many are reliable. One writer for The Huffington Post projected the stats out almost two decades to 2030 at the present rate, with interesting and note-worthy information. How will we look then when all 50 states will be experiencing the problem of at least 44% having an overweight problem, and ranging upwards to 66.7% for Mississippi whose rate today stands at 35%. And to think, all we have to do for this to happen is to keep doing what we are doing now.
The article not only deals with how we will look, but how we will afford to pay for the costs of health-care. The healthcare system would be overburdened with the cost of $147 billion. Figures on preventative healthcare concerning obesity would increase by $48 billion to $66 billion by 2030.
The greatest effect of this snapshot of an obese America is the quality of life we could experience. The projection in terms of disease is 400,000 cancer victims, 5 million heart disease and stroke victims and 6 million new cases of diabetes.
The recommendations are many on how to prevent obesity to continue to rise, but our greatest potential is a good exercise of self-discipline, and encouraging each other to be pro-active in dealing with this problem.
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