OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE
Nearly 75% of Americans are now considered overweight and there are now over 300 million obese adults worldwide, with more than 115 million suffering from obesity-related problems such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, this according to the World Health Organization.

Just 20 years ago, the American obesity rate was 50% and 40 years ago it was only 20%. Americans have the shortest life span and the highest infant mortality rate than any other developed country and we spend more on health care than any other country in the world.

Since 1997, Americans with diabetes has doubled to 18.2.million people. 17 Million people have high cholesterol and 20 million have heart disease. Another 34 million Americans have high blood pressure and 17 million people in the U.S. suffer from clinical depression.

The Harvard School of Public Health states “aside from not smoking, the most important determinants of good health are what we eat and how active we are”. Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop stated that “diet related diseases account for 68% of all deaths”, referencing poor eating habits. But how is it that here in the U.S. where food is abundant and people are smoking less, instances of cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases seem to be on the increase?

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), over one million people get cancer each year and that about 1 out of every 2 American men and 1 out of every 3 American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime. More and more scientists, and the public in general, are now becoming concerned that the answer may in part be found not necessarily in the foods we eat, but what’s in the foods we eat and their declining nutritional value.

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