WHERE ARE THOU HEADED ..OBESITY AMONG AMERICANS
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of people in the country were obese in 2017/2018—a rise from 30 percent in 1999/2000.
To answer whether losing weight between early adulthood and middle age is linked to a lower risk of dying later in life, the researchers studied 24,205 adults from the U.S. who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1998 through 2015.
Only 0.8 percent of the obese participants in the study were able to lose weight and become overweight.
Co-author JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a statement: "Although this study focused on preventing premature deaths, maintaining a healthy weight will also reduce the burden of many chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer."
Two important points
Obesity is INCREASING now at 42 % of the population.
This is regardless of the plethora of Functional Medicine Functionaries, Nutritional Nabobs, Gurus of all sorts of plagiarized eastern practices in addition to the increasing number of Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Doctors devoted to Diabetes…
All related to MONEY, generating money and as a Nigerian paediatrician practicing in a strip mall claimed: specializing in Personal Wealth Transfer.
The second point: less than ONE PERCENT of the obese were able to loose weight and become Overweight.. Tragic indeed.
Who are the fattest people in the United States? They are the same people with very high rate of Diabetes and Heart disease in the United States.
IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
An explanation may be contained here
Obesity and Abdominal Obesity among Indian Americans
§ For the same body mass index (BMI), percentage body fat is 4% to 5% lower for blacks and Pacific Islanders but 7-8% higher for Asian Indians compared to Europids.1, 2
§ The prevalence of obesity among Asian Indians depends on the criteria used. A BMI >25 is classified as obese for Asian Indians and all Asians by the Asia Pacific and/or Indian criteria whereas, a BMI > 30 is classified as obese for all Europids regardless of nationality.3-5
§ Significant underestimation of overweight and obesity occurs when standard criteria is used.6, 7 Two cross sectional studies of Asian Indians in the US showed a mean BMI of 25 to 26.6, 7 Using the standard criteria (BMI >30) only 11% to 17% were obese, which increased to 50 -70% when Asia pacific and/or Indian criteria (BMI >25) was used.6, 7 Thus Asian Indians in the US have the highest prevalence of obesity. Another 25% were overweight (BMI 23-25).6, 7
§ A similar underestimation of abdominal obesity occurs when the standard (Europid) waist circumference criteria is used (>102 cm for men and >88cm for women) instead of Asia pacific and/or Indian criteria (>90 cm for men and >80cm for women).3-5
§ Using standard criteria, the prevalence of abdominal obesity among Asian Indians in the US was 23% which increased to 60% when using Asia Pacific and/or Indian criteria, compared to 58% in whites, 75% in Hispanics, and 76% in blacks.8 This prevalence is slightly higher than the 49% reported from India.9
Add to this : Filipino Americans have an overweight plus obesity rate, one of the highest in USA at around 78%
The Cardiovascular disease patterns in South Asians is one of diffuse rather than local disease
If you ask a group of people showing photographs of the same person with normal weight or overweight, the overweight person is always picked as being "American". Subconsciously many Asian-American may want to look and feel "American"
Just ask around your Functional Medicine Functionaries and other self-proclaimed purveyors of Diseases in the USA.. and see how many of them know this fact?
While at it, ask your Nutritionist to explain to you the difference between High Fructose Corn Syrup and Maltodextrin and Dextrose and corn starch.
You will see.
One of the reasons why Americans fail to lose weight, despite all that is available to them in terms of advice and technology is that
Technology, medications, advice with good intentions, any amount of exercise cannot fight the chemicals that are entering the bodies of the Americans
More Processed the food, greater the amount chemicals entering the body.
The last time I looked it up, Americans in USA , regardless of their immigration status, recent arrivals or arrived in the 16th Century, eat about ONE POUND OF CHEMICALS EVERY THREE DAYS…
And now you can wonder why Americans keep on becoming FATTER and FATTER by the day and any immigrant who in their eagerness to become “American”, will begin to look like the 42% who are obese.
Michael Pollan the Prophet of Food
Eat Food
Each time you eat, or better still prepare food, ask yourself
Is this food or artificial filler of stomach
Learn about distinguishing Ingredients
Go away from Calorie Centrism and concentration of Micro Nutrients.
Please eat Organic food whenever you can
Repeated studies in the USA has shown that MEAT eaters fare badly than non-Meat eaters.
Truly you do not need Supplements or Probiotics if you EAT food.
Food possibly is the greatest instigator of Inflammation in the body of the Americans, closely followed by Mental Health problems including Depression. Not all people who has queries about their mental health are mentally ill.. but there is hardly anyone to ask… in this system where everything is not easy to access.
Jim BB one of my UmonHon Indian teachers once told me about the health care providers:
When the pain is in the body, they immediately jump in and attend to you
(just go anywhere and say that you have severe pain in the chest and see for yourself)
But when the pain is in the heart, no one can help you ..
If you are an American of Asian descent whether from Korea or Sri Lanka , please try to maintain a body weight of BMI 22 Kg/M2.. At 25 kg/M2, you are on your way to City of Diseases..
