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Study ties obesity to increases in disabilities...
Study ties obesity to increases in disabilities By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY The number of disabled Americans in their 30s and 40s increased dramatically over the past 20 years, a study out Thursday says, and the researchers point to obesity as a major contributing factor. Rising disability rates among people this young are likely to mean higher health care and unemployment costs for the nation, experts say. This research adds to the growing list of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer, linked to being overweight. About 65% of American adults are either obese or overweight, up from 47% in 1980. For the latest study, Rand Corp. researchers examined data from 36,000 households from 1984 to 1996. Information from more recent years was not directly comparable. People were defined as disabled if they couldn't take care of their personal care needs, such as dressing themselves, or they had limited ability to perform other routine tasks such as shopping. The researchers found that disabilities increased: . Among people in their 30s from 118 people per 10,000 in 1984 to 182 per 10,000 in 1996. . Among those in their 40s from 212 people per 10,000 in 1984 to 278 in 1996. . Among those in their 50s from 400 people per 10,000 to 453. Disability declined in people in their 60s from 792 per 10,000 in 1984 to 763 per 10,000 in 1996. Diabetes and musculoskeletal problems such as chronic back pain were two of the most important causes of disability among the younger groups. Mental illness was another major factor. "We know the obese are more likely to be disabled, which may be related to diabetes and back problems," says Dana Goldman, director of health economics for Rand Corp. and one of the authors of the study, which was published in the January issue of Health Affairs. Goldman and the other authors predict that the recent growth in disabilities among these younger age groups could lead to a future nursing home population that is 10% to 25% larger and Medicare expenditures that are 10% to 15% higher than they would have been if disabilities had not increased. "The burden will be on taxpayers as the prevalence of disability increases," says Eric Finkelstein, a health economist with RTI International, a non-profit think tank in Raleigh, N.C., "because ultimately (treatment and support of the disabled) are financed through public-sector plans." -- Ken "One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected." -President Bush -2000 |
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Study ties obesity to increases in disabilities...
I have Fibromyalgia myself. It is disabling at this time. I am going
to overcome it all the best I can though. Was just mentioning the other day to some family that most of the friends I knew back in highschool, that alot of them are disabled, have some life changing disease or illness. I am in my mid thirties. Shouldn't feel like I am one hundred years old most days. Been reading the Atkins Revoultion Diet earlier tonight, I can see why so many are so sick and disabled at a young age. Look around at the way the world is right now. |
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Study ties obesity to increases in disabilities...
Ken Kubos wrote:
| Study ties obesity to increases in disabilities | By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY snip | "The burden will be on taxpayers as the prevalence of disability | increases," says Eric Finkelstein, a health economist with RTI | International, a non-profit think tank in Raleigh, N.C., "because | ultimately (treatment and support of the disabled) are financed through | public-sector plans." This is one of the stupidest, groundless, most irritating, infuriating , biased, prejudiced double-talk bullsh*t articles I have read in a long time! It really, really ****es me off! (can you tell?) The entire article is base on statistical assumption that fat people are more likely to be "disabled" and become a burden to society. The obvious truth is exactly the opposite, and they are very careful to avoid it: Disabled people are more likely to become overweight. I have a disbility and am overweight, although I am working on correcting both. I gained weight only after a 1998 stroke drastically reduced my formerly high activity level. Through sheer hard work, perseverence and willpower I have mostly overcome my disability and am losing the weight. The public-sector did not pay ONE STINKING NICKEL towards my "treatment and support" -- which the article grossly mis-states as fact; and "the burden" of my disability has NEVER been on "taxpayers! (as the article generalizes ALL disabled people to be). What a bunch of fascist right-wing crap! There are many people like me, who fought to return to work sooner than I should have been able to, bore the financial burden myself, and am still paying off medical bills years later. It's a matter of principle and values. The cynical conservative-party drivel in this article serves absoluelty no purpose. What's even MORE infuritating is that the asshole who wrote this article is a "health economist" for a "non profit think tank" in Raleigh -- this means that his salary and studies are subsidized by the government. The burden of his publishing this article was on the taxpayers, and/or financed throught the pucblic-sector. AARGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE HYPOCRITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Peter website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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