Industrially processed pizzas, cereals, and convenience foods are responsible for a host of diseases. Policymakers and doctors need to lead the food fight.
States w/highest obesity prevalence among adults (35%+):
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Because of the similarities between people and horses, research on diagnostics and treatments for metabolic conditions could provide health benefits to both species.
Obese children outnumber underweight ones globally, and ‘social determinants’ in kids’ lived environments play a fundamental role. Obesity in kids can lead to a lifetime of poor health.
Beyond Wegovy: Could the next wave of weight-loss drugs end obesity?
Wegovy and Ozempic have made headlines, but a new wave of more effective drugs like Mounjaro
Most people hadn’t heard of semaglutide to treat type 2 diabetes around a decade ago under the brand name Ozempic.
Then, in 2021, it was approved in the US as a weight-loss aid under the name Wegovy. The medicine can cause people to lose a whopping 15 per cent of their body weight.
“Fructose is unique in resetting ATP levels to a lower level in the cell as a consequence of suppressing mitochondrial function, while blocking the replacement of ATP from fat.”
“obesity is a disorder of energy metabolism, in which there is low usable energy (ATP) in the setting of elevated total energy. This leads to metabolic effects independent of excess energy while the excess energy drives weight gain.”
“Super Size Me” was a study in America’s #FastFood culture & its role in the country’s #economy & #health problems, including #obesity. He put on 25 pounds, had bouts of depression & was diagnosed w/liver ailments during a 30-day stretch of McDonald’s-only fare.
Dr. Seuss and the weight-loss drug craze - By Kurt Cobb, originally published by Resource Insights
May 12, 2024
"...The obesity epidemic is being driven by industrial chemicals known as endocrine disruptors in the environment that make their way into humans via the air, the water & the food supply... Many industrial chemicals mimic endocrine chemicals in the body thereby interfering with the body’s signaling system.
...We have a system that creates widespread obesity through chemical poisoning and then sells people weight-loss drugs to take off the excess weight. When the drugs are discontinued, the weight comes back.
...Ironically, these drugs work by interfering with the body’s appetite control system by making people feel less hungry and more full. This is the same system that endocrine disruptors interfere with in the opposite manner..."
A new study finds that popular weight loss drug #Ozempic "could be profitably produced for less than $5 a month, even as maker Novo Nordisk A/S charges almost $1,000 in the US..."
The company's combined 2023 sales of Ozempic and related product Wegovy topped $18 billion.
Fragments of mitochondrial DNA in sperm that are carried into the egg during fertilization are evidently the epigenetic mechanism by which fathers' health affects their childrens' health--specifically, the propensity for obesity and diabetes later in life.
It’s Time to End the Tyranny of Ultra-Processed Food (www.wired.com)
Industrially processed pizzas, cereals, and convenience foods are responsible for a host of diseases. Policymakers and doctors need to lead the food fight.
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Fixing the global childhood obesity epidemic begins with making healthy choices the easier choices – and that requires new laws and policies (theconversation.com)
Obese children outnumber underweight ones globally, and ‘social determinants’ in kids’ lived environments play a fundamental role. Obesity in kids can lead to a lifetime of poor health.
[sanity] obesity is NOT and never has been healthy