Better Living With Whole Foods

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I recently wrote a post, ‘AMERICA AT RISK!’, discussing the increasing rates of overweight and obesity across the United States.

What I did not realize is the fact that there are many other nations throughout the world whose rates of overweight and obesity are increasing at a much quicker rate than that of the Unites States.

Yes, it’s true… the entire world is getting fatter at an alarming rate.

In the United States, roughly 2/3 of our population is overweight and nearly 30% is considered clinically obese.

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Compare these figures to a recent article in Reuters titled “Australia vies with Pacific, U.S. to be fattest”

According to the report, several Pacific nations are more than 90% overweight.

Yes, you read that right. More than 90% of their populations are considered overweight by World Health Organization standards. That is absolutely crazy!

The United States comes in 9th in the world for rates of overweight and obesity.

Australia came in at number 21, behind countries such as New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, Greece, and Kuwait.

Let’s put this into perspective:

According to Australia’s government data, nearly 70% of its population is considered overweight and 26% is considered obese. Countries such as New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina, Greece, and Kuwait have higher rates of obesity than Australia.

This means that more than 70% of the people in these countries, and many others, are overweight or obese.

I don’t know about you, but I have always thought of countries such as New Zealand, Australia, and Venezuela as being fit. I would never guess that they would have rates of overweight and obesity at more than 70%.

A recent article in USA today reported that more than 250 million Chinese are overweight. More than 250 million!

In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that there are currently 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world, a number that is expected to grow by 40% over the next decade.

Why is this happening?

The massive increase in the availability of fast food and packaged foods is directly correlated to the world wide increase in obesity. As the world becomes more “Americanized” it is also getting fatter. Countries that used to laugh at the fat Americans are now experiencing a rapid increase in overweight and obesity.

Because of this, the entire world is now experiencing increased rates of diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease, and other obesity related chronic diseases.

Now that we know that the crisis of overweight and obesity is a worldwide phenomenon, we have to do something about it.

We need to say no to fast food, packaged food, and processed food… including processed meat and dairy.

And we need to say yes to healthy whole foods.

This is what I call: Better Living With Whole Foods.

Want more information on the obesity crisis?

The Obesity Crisis: What’s it all about? - The nation’s scales are going up…up…up…and it’s clear that we have an obesity health crisis on our hands. So what can we do about America’s obesity epidemic? It’s not just a case of telling people to eat fewer doughnuts and walk …

The Mexican Obesity Crisis - Those of us in the US are reminded of our country’s obesity problem nearly every day, but rising obesity rates are not uniquely American. In fact, a few years back, there was a phrase coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) to …

A Surgeon General’s Opinion: Obesity Is America’s #1 Health Concern - If we could only address one major public health issue as a nation, I would focus on the obesity crisis. Weight loss could have the greatest impact in decreasing the chronic disease burden in America. …

Obesity crisis looming, says top scientist - Unless obesity is tackled with the same ferocity as climate change the world is heading for a global health crisis, a top scientist has warned.

Let me know what your thoughts are on this subject.

What do you think should be done to help this growing crisis?

I’d love to hear what you have to say.

Committed to your success,

Alexander Morentin, C.E.S.

Whole Foods Evangelist

My Fit Life

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