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Study Finds Exposure to Chemical Pollutants Increases Fat
Rats exposed to high levels of chemical pollutants in fish oil could
not regulate fat properly

Apparently, the short-term & instant pleasure of eating processed
foods concocted in the Labs of Frito-Lay outweighs long-term concerns
for one's health or pocketbook

MISSISSIPPI MOST OBESE STATE, COLORADO LEAST
The number of obese U.S. adults rose in 16 states in the last year,
helping to push obesity rates in a dozen states above 30 percent,
according to a report released on Thursday.

By that measure, Mississippi is the fattest state in the union with an
adult obesity rate of 34.4 percent. Colorado is the least obese --
with a rate of 19.8 percent -- and the only state with an adult
obesity rate below 20 percent, according to "F as in Fat," an annual
report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.

While the number of states showing significant year-over-year
increases in obesity has been slowing, no state chalked up an actual
decline. Even Colorado does not win high marks -- its score means one
in five state residents is at higher risk for conditions like heart
disease and diabetes.

"Today, the state with the lowest adult obesity rate would have had
the highest rate in 1995," said Jeff Levi, executive director of the
Trust for America's Health.

Four years ago, only one U.S. state had an adult obesity rate above 30
percent, according to the report, which defines adult obesity as a
having a body mass index -- a weight-to-height ratio -- of 30 or more.

Over the last two decades, people in the United States have been
eating less nutritious food and more of it. At the same time, activity
levels have fallen, Levi said.

"If we're going to reverse the obesity trends, willpower alone won't
do it. We're going to have to make healthier choices easier for
Americans," Levi said.

Public health experts around the world have raised the alarm about
exploding rates of obesity -- particularly among children -- and many
are promoting efforts to encourage exercise and easier access to
affordable, healthy food.

In the United States -- where two-thirds of adults and nearly one-
third of children are obese or overweight -- the obesity epidemic is
sending healthcare costs higher and threatening everything from worker
productivity to military recruitment.

Some groups say such behavioral initiatives are not enough, arguing
that food manufacturers and restaurant chains need limits on how they
market to children.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a U.S. consumer group,
last year sued McDonald's Corp to stop the world's largest hamburger
chain from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its
restaurants. Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics -- a group
of U.S. pediatricians -- called for a ban on junk food ads aimed at
children.

The food industry -- which has significantly increased portion sizes
in restaurants and packaged foods like sugar-sweetened beverages over
the last 20 years -- is fighting regulation efforts and has adopted
the mantra of "personal responsibility."

To that end, food and beverage companies say consumers have the right
to choose what they eat and should balance their caloric intake with
activity.

The report released on Thursday showed that over the past 15 years,
seven states have doubled their rate of obesity and 10 states have
doubled their rate of diabetes.

Since 1995, obesity rates have risen fastest in Oklahoma, Alabama and
Tennessee, while Colorado, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., had the
slowest increases.

Adults from racial and ethnic minority groups, as well as those with
less education and lower incomes, continue to have the highest overall
obesity rates.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7663JD20110707

The CSPI is part of the problem and no better of a solution
than McDs.

Do you have any facts, or is this just your opinion?
--
- Billy

Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria
of the American political landscape.

America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the
greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks
and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore
/michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/