By now it is common knowledge that being severely overweight puts people at increased risk of suffering from heart disease, stroke and diabetes and that obesity—defined as weighing at least 20 percent more than the high side of normal—is on the rise. According to one estimate, the U.S. will be home to 65 million more obese people in 2030 than it is today, leading to an additional six million or more cases of heart disease and stroke and another eight million cases of type 2 diabetes. Many clinicians have already begun seeing families in which the grandparents are healthier and living longer than their children and grandchildren.

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1. 1. mandmc 11:10 AM 1/6/12

   I am unable to download January issue into my iPad/iBook. Please tell me why?
   Michael Chia

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2. 2. Bruce Voigt 04:29 PM 1/6/12

   FAT CELLS -- Fat cells have a higher speed (re: orbiting cell nuclei) protecting slower cells of the body from (gad, why do I want to say ‘fast food’!) (Anyway) When we are young and healthy the speed of our cells handle the high speed of starter foods like eggs, seeds, grain, milk and the faster nuclei of meat.
   
   As we age our cell nuclei slow; activity (oxygen) forces the cells to maintain a faster pace, but most of us will first notice larger tummies.
   
   A fat, pregnant woman will not crave the vinegar in pickles or the milk and sugar in ice-cream, whereas the thin, pregnant woman has her fetus demanding blood cells carrying nutrition of faster nuclei speed.
   
   The problem with all this is that the food people are introducing medicine (poison) to the food these kids crave. Cells or fat cells take on this fast nuclei (poison) nutrition at the small intestine thus causing obesity in children. When a female child reaches puberty, fat cells in the breasts feed on (and here we go again) fast food. These fat cells (milk) will help maintain the high speed cell nuclei of her child. These cell nuclei high speed forces cell division (growth). After growth (forced cell division) cell nuclei speed has slowed and a cell will not divide in its packed state. Damaged cells, through putrefaction, take the pressure off healthy cells allowing cell division or healing.
   
   For everything that feeds there are little safety devices. For example, snakes that live in the grass will consume slow food like bugs and will be non-poisonous, whereas a snake in the desert will be forced to consume animals. Certain cells of the snake take on this fast food (poison) and store it and it will be used as nutrition when it slows down. Just off hand, another is the male polar bear. I believe it’s the liver that handles its fast food and is extremely poisonous. A fat cell is a cell that intercepts fast food to be stored at the thighs supplying fast food to a foetus. Also this fat cell will be stored in the female breasts, supplying fast food (milk) to the baby promoting cell division (growth).
   
   At this time of my disclosure I feel embarrassed to talk of nutrition but I am still out on whether this fat I carry is protecting me from the medicine, poison, vitamins, nutrition etc. added to our food. I believe the reason why women out live men is because of the fat they carry in their breasts and butts.
   

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3. 3. dbtinc 08:52 AM 1/10/12

   While obesity is an issue, is there a reason to believe that BMI's of the 1930's should be indicators of acceptable BMI's in the 2000's? People are bigger so the definition of a non-obese BMI needs to reflect the reality of the newer populations.

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4. 4. David N'Gog in reply to Bruce Voigt 09:31 AM 1/10/12

   
   You've got it wrong. Women live longer than men because they sit down to pee. That reduces their stress level momentarily and helps them from the negative health effects of stress.
   
   Men, the secret to long life is to avoid the urinal. When women ask you to put the toilet seat down it is because they want you to live long healthy lives- free from stress.

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5. 5. lamorpa 10:47 AM 1/10/12

   News Flash: Being an unnaturally large weight for your species leads to an unnatural (shortened) lifespan. Any other 'mysteries' to solve?

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6. 6. BaldEgalitarian 10:55 AM 1/10/12

   Thanks for the info.
   
   Five Hidden Dangers of Weight loss:
   1. drowning from lack of floatation,
   2. hypothermia from lack of insulation,
   3. trespasses from blind focused hyperactivity,
   4. over populating from becoming attractive and
   5. starvation from lack of lard. :-)

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7. 7. Spin-oza 03:27 PM 1/10/12

   Haven't read the complete article, but as a full-time practicing physician... having counseled many patients on this "sensitive" topic, there are many and varied risks to the obesity epidemic: heart attack, stroke and diabetes being the most obvious.
   
   However, the list is long and includes sleep apnea, gall bladder disease, menstrual bleeding disorders... infertility... complications of pregancy and delivery; higher surgical complications; higher risk of several common cancers; lower self-esteem and related psychological issues; osteoarthritis - back, hip and kee pain; a high-risk cardiovascular condition termed "metabolic syndrome"... etc., not to mention a disporportionate use of medical resources and the proverbial bottom-line of a significantly shortened life. As a general rule... these folks don't age "gracefully", at least not from a medical perspective.
   
   As bad as all of that... what is even more troubling is the tragic yet predictable rise of childhood obesity. In my mind, this is almost equivalent to child abuse and negligence by the parent(s).
   
   There are some perversely stupid comments on this thread.. but hey, judge for yourselves.

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8. 8. hbeierbeck in reply to Spin-oza 07:44 PM 1/10/12

   I agree with most of what spin-oza said, but I'd like to briefly comment on the issue of parental responsibility for childhood obesity. Don't let the food industry off the hook!
   
   Companies are masters at manipulating children - and parents through their children. Think of TV toons that are arguably more about marketing than about entertaining. Or think of McDonald's giving away cheap toys with every meal. A spoiled kid with a room full of toys will still want that toy, and good luck to any parent who tries to resist buying that 'Happy Meal'.
   
   Your average parent is no match for Multinational Companies, their marketing savvy and their addictive 'food'. Selling junk suits Big Business - damn the consequences.

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9. 9. Spin-oza in reply to hbeierbeck 09:32 PM 1/10/12

   Of course the rise of the fast food industry is a factor... but just look at the entire restaurant landscape and it's appalling. Most franchises cater to the large portion, poor nutrition, highly processed with fructose... deep fried, high fat... and "all you can eat" crowd.
   
   Having said that, it's all about making responsible choices... and it takes a bit of energy and planning to go against the allure of the drive-in window and super-sized menus. Isn't that what "parenting" is all about? Who's in charge: the adult... or the child, eh?
   
   Any parent who mollifies their child with plastic, made-in-China-bound-for-the-landfill-useless-toys and so-called "Happy Meals" doesn't get a passing grade from me... and perhaps, the child ends up both rather spoiled and obese.
   
   We won't even talk about the average Americans' "Lazy Boy", wide-screen lifestyle... ugh.

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10. 10. Raghuvanshi1 01:20 AM 1/11/12

    Obesity bring early death to most people. I have not seen single obesed man lived extreme old age

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11. 11. hb 10:30 PM 1/11/12

    Of course adults are responsible for what they eat and drink. And of course parents are responsible for their children's diets. But what if parents fail their children? Those parents may not deserve a passing grade, but what's going to happen to the kids? Are they simply to be thrown to the wolves, er, food companies?
    
    The idea that parents are solely responsible for their kids' diets suits Big Businness to a Tee. It means that food companies are expulpated; they can sell any crap they want and when the kids get sick it's all the parents' fault.
    
    Letting Big Business do what they want and only holding parents responsible for childhood obesity is unrealistic and unworkable - and I am not implying that this is your attitude. I am glad to see though that effords are now being made to reign in food companies. Think of attempts to remove junk food from school cafeterias - over the strenuous objections of the companies that are 'harmed by this unwarranted intrusion into the free market'.

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12. 12. gnagy 12:52 AM 1/12/12

    Eat healthy (you know the foods you should not eat) and put smaller portions in your plate than you eat now and you can eat what you like without counting calories or even doing exercise and you will lose weight (about a pound a week) naturally.
    
    i lost mre than 50 pounds in a year. If i had exercised it would have been more.

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13. 13. sandy_masterson@hotmail.com 07:21 PM 1/23/12

    I stopped smoking in 1990, and since then I have gained 75 pounds.

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