The Obesity Epidemic: Banning HFCS is the Solution

America is residence to the most obese folks in the world, and a new report confirms this. According to the report, released by the Trust for America’s Wellness and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the obesity rate of adult Americans has increased in 28 states over the past year. And Blacks and Latinos are most at risk.

The report also found that over 67 percent of states have obesity rates above 25 percent, and that the number of states where adult obesity rates exceed 30 percent has doubled in the past year.

The report also noted a link between lower income groups and higher obesity rates, but this ought to come as no surprise. Poorer people have much less funds to spend and for that reason acquire the cheapest food accessible. Unfortunately, this low-cost food is also the unhealthiest. It is primarily processed food, and full of chemical additives such as high fructose corn syrup.

But soaring obesity rates do not stop with American adults.

In yet another recently-released report, 1 statistic really stuck out: that of extremely obese males aged 6 to 19. For this group, obesity has increased from 9% in 1999-2000 to 15% in 2009-2010 – a shocking boost of 67% in just ten short years!

Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in America, so a lot so that the Very first Lady, Michelle Obama, has launched a extremely ambitious plan to end childhood obesity in a single generation. She wants to be applauded for taking on this herculean task.

“We want to remove this difficulty of childhood obesity in a generation. We want to get that completed,” said the 1st lady when she spoke with Robin Roberts of Very good Morning America. “We want our children to face a various and more optimistic future in terms of their lifespan.”

The nationwide campaign began by Mrs. Obama is called “Let’s Move,” and it’s built on four key pillars: Acquiring parents far more informed about nutrition and exercise, improving the top quality of food in schools, producing healthy foods a lot more inexpensive and accessible for families, and focusing a lot more on physical education.

The initiative began by the First Lady is impressive, but sadly there is no mystery behind this obesity epidemic, and the other epidemic that it has spawned – that of diabetes. These twin epidemics are directly attributable to the regular American diet: quickly-food, sodas, canned goods, microwave dinners – most of which are chemically altered – combined with the lack of exercise. This is a recipe for disaster. And Americans have chosen to literally eat themselves to death.

The real trigger of the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes in America is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a man-produced chemical added to just about each and every processed food. This poison interferes with your hormones (this is the way your body communicates at a cellular level) and prevents your brain from telling you that you are full and want to quit eating.

If you think about that of all the income spent on food in America, ninety percent (yes, 90%!) is spent on processed food, devoid of any fiber or nutrition and chock full of HFCS.

Educating parents is component of the obesity remedy, but banning HFCS will win the war against obesity and diabetes. It will kill two birds with one stone.