Obesity Reaches Epic Proportions
My heart just sank when I read the latest statistics of obesity, not only in the US, where obesity is becoming an epidemic, but nationwide. The statistics are nothing short of ridiculous. The obesity epidemic has reached such epic proportions the the amount of obese people significantly outnumbers those that are starving or malnourished both in the US and in third world countries.
That’s not the most disheartening figure though. Even worse, and even more reality we don’t want to hear is that a staggering 1 billion people in our population are obese. That’s one billion out of a total estimated world population of about 6 billion people.
The World Health Organization, or WHO, has now classified obesity as a global epidemic, and many say the epidemic may one day actually affect world economies if it is not put in check right now.
The trend is disturbing, since even countries with typically svelte peoples are becoming heavier and heavier as their food becomes richer and more abundant, as well as more processed and refined, all of which is harder for the digestive system to process and can result in obesity.
China is a perfect example. In fact, it was reported that about 20% of Chinese are now considered overweight or obese, and it was never this big of an issue in many of their country’s regions. Chinese women are even reporting their breasts are getting bigger (Chinese women were always known for genetically having smaller frames, and along with that, smaller chests).
