Obesity and The Public Health Crisis in America

I want to talk today about obesity. there's honestly nothing else that's more Paramount in public health today than obesity. Given how much it's risen here in America in the last three decades obesity has doubled and nearly 44% of American adults are either overweight or obese and more than one in three kids now are overweight or obese.

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The American Diet and Ultra Processed Foods

and if we take a look let's just start with the American diet so the American diet is super high in Ultra processed foods high in added sugars salts saturated fats all these things are contributing to obesity and these are things we should absolutely avoid if we want to stay healthy

Portion Sizes and Overconsumption

let's take a look at portion sizes honestly I travel all around the world and I went to Europe not too long ago and even if you were to go to McDonald's and get a extra large or super siiz meal that is equivalent to what a medium is here in America

seriously like you can't get the amount of fries and soda here in America and extra large anywhere else in the world and that is absolutely contributing to and fuel in obesity research from Cornell has actually shown that the more food you're given the more likely you are to eat all of that and that's precisely what's happening here in America we're getting such large portion sizes and this is fueling obesity here in America

Food Insecurity and Economic Barriers

let's also talk about food insecurity food insecurity affects 47 million Americans and it refers to the fact that people may not know where or if they're going to get their next meal and 47 million Americans have food insecurity and what that means is is that you're literally going to take

whatever meal you can get if it's given to you and the reality is is that cheaper meals tend to be unhealthy meals they tend to be high in high in you know bad calories and very low in nutritional content things like fast foods at Burger King or McDonald's imagine buying a meal from

McDonald's which may cost you 6 seven eight maybe $10 wor inflation but then going to Whole Foods and trying to prepare salmon which is very healthy that may cost you or $30 right so this is the problem people that are of low socio economic status low income are more and more going to these unhealthy Foods because they're more affordable and it's no coincidence that obesity disproportionately affects those of low income and low socioeconomic status so we obviously have to do a much better job in making Foods a lot more affordable

Sedentary Lifestyles and Reduced Physical Activity

let's talk also about lifestyle and you know Americans being very sedentary you know research has also shown that average sitting time has increased over the last several years across all groups so we often you know blame those who are younger you know teens for being on their phones but this is affecting all age groups we're moving our bodies less and less and if we're not exercising enough then obviously we're not burning calories and that's contributing to obesity

Screen Time and Its Impact on Teens

but even teens this this technology boom and this technology age is allowing us to be on screens being on our phones much more and that means we're moving less teens on average are online or on screens nine hours a day and this is not an exaggeration that means that for those nine hours they're not moving their bodies right they're not going out and exercising and they're not burning calories that can help them and help their overall health this is also a problem we're moving our bodies much less and less

Root Causes of Obesity vs Medication

these are the root causes for obesity diet and exercise you know there's all this Buzz about these new medications like GP one Agonist wovi OIC yes they're effective at treating obesity yes they can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease heart attacks and strokes if you use them but are they really addressing the root causes of obesity no they're not they're a reactive approach when people are already obese they're put put on those drugs right

Prevention Through Food, Movement, and Policy

we need to prevent obesity before people get obese and the way we do that is to address these root causes things like our Foods the portion of our Foods food insecurity moving our bodies this is what we need to do and we have to get back to the basics in order for us to prevent and attack obesity very important for all of us to eat organic foods Wholesome foods decrease our portion sizes make foods affordable and get out and exercise this is the only way that all of us can decrease obesity before this becomes even more of an enormous problem

Closing Message

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