Most of us were taught a very long time ago, that we truly “are what we eat.” Well here we are decades later and it is quite evident what our population has been eating. Specifically, junk and crap foods that have helped to lead our people to have:
- Nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight.
- More than 1 in 3 men (34.1%) and more than 1 in 4 women (27.5%) are overweight.
- More than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) have obesity (including severe obesity).
- About 1 in 11 adults (9.2%) have severe obesity.
- Nearly 40% of all adults over the age of 20 in the U.S. – about 93.3 million people – are currently obese.
- Every state in the U.S. has more than 20% of adults with obesity.
- The U.S. adult obesity rate stands at 42.4 percent, the first time the national rate has passed the 40 percent mark.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity
And let’s also note the other issues of:
- Children are experiencing health issues that used to be mostly adults, such as obesity, diabetes, anxiety, depression, suicide.
- Nationwide vitamin D deficiency overall prevalence rate is 41.6%, with the highest rate seen in blacks (82.1%), followed by Hispanics (69.2%)2.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21310306/ - 77% of young Americans would not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, using drugs or having mental and physical health problems.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html
Maybe now is the right time to re-evaluate what we are putting into our bodies, and more importantly what kids are eating today will determine what type of health they will have later as adults. Plant good seeds, not weeds.
Be well, Get healthy, Be wise.
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