- Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control: “Obesity and diabetes are the only major health problem that are getting worse…and they’re getting worse rapidly.”
- The Centers for Disease Control report that more than 300,000 people die each year from illnesses caused by or made worse by obesity.
- According to the American Diabetes Association obesity and sedentary lifestyles are the primary cause of type II diabetes which now affects over 7% of the population.
- Federal projections estimate that by 2050 close to 1/3 of the population will have type II diabetes with all its complications in tow such as blindness, hearing loss, kidney disease, nervous system disorders and amputations of extremities.
- The UCLA RAND Center found that obesity raises a person’s health care costs by 36% and medication costs by 77% and they have 30% - 50% more chronic health problems.
- The World Health Organization reports that over 72% of all deaths in U.S. are the result of lifestyle-related heart disease, lung disease, diabetes & degenerative diseases, citing that such chronic conditions are preventable for the most part and are primarily resulting from unhealthy practices, concluding that the very expensive U.S. drug-based system is not reducing the rate at which conditions become chronic and continue to plague the U.S.
- The CDC and the American College of Sports Medicine indicate that less than 10% of the U.S. population exercises for 60 minutes or more 3 times week.
"[W]e lie to ourselves, in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which, we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most [unhealthy behaviors]."
Aldous Huxley
H. Jackson Brown
"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."
Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching
When we learn something new, whether we realize it or not, it changes how we view everything in our lives...