Food for Thought...
Posted 25 weeks 6 hours ago byIt is amazing to think that it wasn't that long ago that the focus of fields such as nutrition and public health was preventing undernutrition, where as now the major focus is overnutrition. The obesity "epidemic" is well publicized by the media, but in addition to obesity the occurences of diabetes, heart attack, and cardiovascular disease have also dramatically increased.
Can you remember a time when diabetes was classified as juvenile and adult onset? Have you ever thought about why the name changed? As the name suggests, juvenile diabetes typically occurrs in early childhood because the pancreas can no longer produce insulin. Adult onset diabetes, on the other hand, is a condition in which your body is resistant to insulin and is largely associated with being overweight or obese. Diabetes is now classified as Type 1 (formerly juvenile) and Type 2 (formerly adult onset). The reason the names were changed to Type 1 and 2 is because children as young as 5 years old are developing "adult onset" diabetes!
As if you needed any more proof that obesity is on the rise, check out this map from the CDC that shows obesity trends state by state:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/...
Thoughts
Its definitely a
Submitted on January 14th, 2008 by ReneeIts definitely a possibility, and is probably just one of many factors... including large portions, increased reliance on fast food for a quick bite, and sedentary lifestyles.
Congrats on the weight loss! : )
Interesting stuff. I wonder
Submitted on January 11th, 2008 by The Big KlosowskiInteresting stuff. I wonder if there are any parallels with the number of women in the workplace against the obesity rate? I'm not trying to be sexist, I just know my wife and I eat more processed, pre-prepared, frozen dinners than my grandparents did. Mainly because by the time we both get home from work at 7pm or later, who wants to take an hour to cook a healthy meal? Neither of us, so
I was obese as a child and my mother was a single working mom. We ate good food, but on the cheap side - so more processed, white flour, starchy meals. I had to learn the hard way about fresh vegetables and unprocessed flour - and exercise - and ended up dropping about 40-lbs that way.