According to the surgeon general, obesity today is officially an epidemic; it is arguably the most pressing public health problem we face, costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. Three of every five Americans are overweight; one of every five is obese. The disease formerly known as adult-onset diabetes has had to be renamed Type II diabetes since it now occurs so frequently in children. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000 has a one-in-three chance of developing diabetes. (An African American child's chances are two in five.) Because of diabetes and all the other health problems that accompany obesity, today's children may turn out to be the first generation of Americans whose life expectancy will actually be shorter than that of their parents. The problem is not limited to America: The United Nations reported that in 2000 the number of people suffering from overnutrition--a billion--had officially surpassed the number suffering from malnutrition--800 million.
Michael PollanTags: food children health health-care obesity diabetes fatties malnutrition
Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess.
Maile MeloyTags: family genetics short-story diabetes spy-vs-spy
I should have titled it "Diet Like Your Life Depended On It!" because it's about so much more than just beating Diabetes.
Russell StametsTags: diet health meditation alternative diabetes acupuncture lada type-1 type-2
Chris didn’t need to learn how to conquer fear. He had to embrace it, walk with it and listen to it.
Michelle TackaberyTags: inspirational memoir diabetes
The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention the other the conditions that also associate with obesity and diabetes, such as gout, asthma, and fatty liver disease), is that what makes us fat - the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume - also makes us sick.
Gary TaubesTags: obesity diabetes alzheimers metabolic-syndrome
Summer of this year I will be releasing a 'diabetic friendly' cookbook, sharing recipes and tips that have helped me lose 140 pounds and beat diabetes and hypertension! The title 'Losing To Win' will be published by Creative Partners Publishing!
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It is important for Americans to recognize that, despite all of the fancy gimmicks and perceived power of modern medicine, the largest explosion of preventable, chronic diseases ever in the history of mankind has occurred as a direct result of modern medicine and scientific reductionism. Modern medicine is not an antidote for the incredible harms caused by the modern food industry, but it is an effective distraction.
Charles C. HarpeTags: strokes heart-disease diabetes healthcare-reform-in-the-us metabolic-syndrome chronic-disease manufactured-food
We can arrange better expectations and better circumstances beginning with the fact that we need not be who we are now; we can be better.
Charles C. HarpeTags: heart-disease diabetes chronic-disease manufactured-food naturvore whole-foods
People take ownership of sickness and disease by saying things like MY high blood pressure MY diabetes, MY heart disease, MY depression, MY! MY! MY! Don't own it because it doesn't belong to you!
Stella PaytonTags: depression sickness disease cancer ownership heart-disease diabetes breast high-blood-pressure
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