RE: More Disabilities Blamed on Obesity

[Guest guest]

Thanks for posting this...I really appreciate the facts on obesity as I get asked so often about my new lifestyle...and I like to be informed when questions and roadblocks get thrown up.

[Guest guest]

The source for Francesca's article is:

US obesity epidemic means more are disabled: ABC News Online 09/01/2004

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1022796.htm

It reports that 31 percent of the adult US population is obese.

The definition of obesity is Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30.0.

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Another good article about obesity as #1 killer in the US:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/54595/1/.html

Here it is reported that 65 percent of adults in America were

either overweight or obese.

-- Warren

[Guest guest]

I watched a documentary about obesity virus AD-36 which was firstly identified in 1978.

I think existence of a such virus may explain obesity boom within two decades.

AD-36 may also prevent someone from being a real cronie. It is interesting...

What do you think?

Hakan.

http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~ndhurand/whatIdo.html

From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:23 PMsupport groupSubject: [ ] More Disabilities Blamed on Obesity

The U.S. obesity epidemic may be causing another, quieter epidemic ofdisability, including back trouble and diabetes, health experts reported.Younger Americans are becoming disabled more often, many with back pain,according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs. Although therewas no direct proof, the researchers believe obesity was mostlyto blame. "Obesity is the only trend that is commensurate in size with what we foundhappening with disability," said Darius Lakdawalla, an economist at the RandCorp. who helped write the study. "It's the only suspect."More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. In 2000, 38.8million Americans -- 31 percent of the adult population -- were classifiedas obese. Lakdawalla and colleagues at Stanford University analyzed data from theNational Health Interview Survey, an annual government survey of about36,000 households. "Obesity accounts for about half the increased disability among those ages18 to 29," they wrote. Much of the time, diabetes and back pain were toblame.