disturbing article,,,Im not a fan of being health obsessed but I think our culture does need to become more health CONSCIOUS


from http://www.conceptsnews.com/study-finds-that-75-of-americans-will-be-overweight-by-2020/81307/

The United States will be on the top of the list of rich countries whose citizens are obese by 2020, according to a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published on Thursday.

The study by the economic group says that three out of four Americans will be classified as either overweight or obese ten years from now. Along with this will come high disease rates and increased health care expenditures unless authorities, businesses, and individuals work together to follow a wide-ranging plan to fight the problem.

Paris-based OECD is better known as an economic group that creates forecasts about economic issues rather than health concerns, but the economic factor of obesity is a growing problem encountered by many governments around the world.

“Food is much cheaper than in the past, in particular food that is not particularly healthy, and people are changing their lifestyles, they have less time to prepare meals and are eating out more in restaurants,” explained Franco Sassi, study author and senior health economist of the OECD.

OECD data reveals that overweight cases in the U.S. jumped from less than 50 percent in 1980 to almost 70 percent this year.

The report said that at least 75 percent of Americans will be overweight by 2020 making it “the fattest country in the OECD.”

I can believe it. I can't say as I know any particularly healthy people except for the anorexic guy.

That is because the American lifestyle sucks. Have been the world twice. We in the military call it to fat to fight.

Yeah I've been seeing on the news a fair amount that the military is having to do a pre-bootcamp before actual bootcamp to help get some of the weight off of people before officially letting them in.