Yesterday I posted this on
Facebook:
So... the new obesity data came out
last week, and it doesn't look good: "No state met the nation's 'Healthy
People 2010' goal to lower obesity prevalence to 15%. Rather, in 2010, there were
12 states with an obesity prevalence of 30%. In 2000, no state had an obesity
prevalence of 30% or more." (big sigh) This makes me feel like a failure;
I know it's not my fault, but I talk to people about this stuff every day that
I'm at work. We should probably just start putting the metformin and statins in
the water supply now.
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/
I didn’t really mean to
sound defeatist; I do try to look at things positively when possible. So I have spent the past 24 hours racking my
brain as to how to fix this. I know I’m
not the only person doing this, there are far more powerful, smarter, and
important people than me who are racking their brains too. I was also contemplating how hard it is for
those of us who are trying to help; how often we see one person succeed and see
9 others fail. And by “those of us” I mean the doctors, nurses, nutritionists,
health coaches, spouses, family, friends and really anyone who cares and
supports someone trying to lose weight and create a healthier lifestyle. We’re pouring our daily energy into this
problem and not getting a very good return as far as outcomes. I am not blaming people out there for their
weight and I think the evidence above pretty clearly points that there is a
problem in our society. It is escalating
so quickly that even though each of us are individually trying to help, we’re
not even slowing down the rapid increase in obesity.
I was feeling a little down
about it, and then I saw this, and while it’s no easy fix it is actual evidence
based examples of things that have been PROVEN to work (and by that I mean
scientifically, not by some ya-ya pseudoscience person on the TV). So check it out:
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