4th annual: Are shoes the cause of obesity?

TO: All obesity researchers, doctors, and patients.


The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and discussion
about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related" degenerative
diseases, such as obesity. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered
efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his
work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based
approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and
podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his
publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body.
Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the
distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr.
Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and
conditions whose causes remain unknown.

Obesity and weight problems are just examples of conditions that are
related to the use of footwear. After all, no diet has ever been
definitively identified by nutritionists to permanently control morbid
obesity. Something else seems to be hindering the ability to lose
weight, and the trends in foot deformation fit perfectly. For example,
the United States requires shoes to be worn constantly, and obesity is
visibly widespread. But in Japan, modern shoes are removed in the home
or at some restaurants and offices, and obesity is rarely evident.
Moreover, the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes that have
affected younger ages seems to coincide precisely with the material
changes in footwear manufacturing over the last few decades. The
modern sneaker, which has an exceptionally thick and inflexible sole,
typifies these recent footwear changes. Although American fast food
continues to take the popular blame for the growing incidence of
obesity around the world, it seems that American sneakers actually
deserve the attention.

You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:
http://www.shoebusters.com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.

James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico

I wonder if we'll need to don an aluminum foil deflector beanie when we
remove our shoes to cure obesity?





James Semmel wrote:
TO: All obesity researchers, doctors, and patients.


The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and discussion
about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related" degenerative
diseases, such as obesity. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered
efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his
work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based
approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and
podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his
publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body.
Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the
distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr.
Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and
conditions whose causes remain unknown.


Obesity and weight problems are just examples of conditions that are
related to the use of footwear. After all, no diet has ever been
definitively identified by nutritionists to permanently control morbid
obesity. Something else seems to be hindering the ability to lose
weight, and the trends in foot deformation fit perfectly. For example,
the United States requires shoes to be worn constantly, and obesity is
visibly widespread. But in Japan, modern shoes are removed in the home
or at some restaurants and offices, and obesity is rarely evident.
Moreover, the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes that have
affected younger ages seems to coincide precisely with the material
changes in footwear manufacturing over the last few decades. The
modern sneaker, which has an exceptionally thick and inflexible sole,
typifies these recent footwear changes. Although American fast food
continues to take the popular blame for the growing incidence of
obesity around the world, it seems that American sneakers actually
deserve the attention.

You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:
http://www.shoebusters.com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.

James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Beverly,

I think "cure" is the wrong word to use when dealing with this type of
condition. I prefer the word "control" instead.

james



Beverly wrote:
I wonder if we'll need to don an aluminum foil deflector beanie when we
remove our shoes to cure obesity?





James Semmel wrote:
TO: All obesity researchers, doctors, and patients.


The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and discussion
about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related" degenerative
diseases, such as obesity. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered
efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his
work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based
approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and
podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his
publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body.
Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the
distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr.
Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and
conditions whose causes remain unknown.


Obesity and weight problems are just examples of conditions that are
related to the use of footwear. After all, no diet has ever been
definitively identified by nutritionists to permanently control morbid
obesity. Something else seems to be hindering the ability to lose
weight, and the trends in foot deformation fit perfectly. For example,
the United States requires shoes to be worn constantly, and obesity is
visibly widespread. But in Japan, modern shoes are removed in the home
or at some restaurants and offices, and obesity is rarely evident.
Moreover, the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes that have
affected younger ages seems to coincide precisely with the material
changes in footwear manufacturing over the last few decades. The
modern sneaker, which has an exceptionally thick and inflexible sole,
typifies these recent footwear changes. Although American fast food
continues to take the popular blame for the growing incidence of
obesity around the world, it seems that American sneakers actually
deserve the attention.

You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:
http://www.shoebusters.com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.

James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico