Obesity and Other Preventable Diseases Will Kill More People Than Terrorism
Wandering around the Web I found something very interesting today. It’s the type of thing that makes you really wonder what the government is doing to our country. Our government is focusing so much attention on fighting terrorism, while obesity and other preventable “lifestyle” diseases are killing millions of more people around the world.
It is estimated that 388 million people will die from chronic disease worldwide over the next 10 years, according to World Health Organization figures. Our governments are focusing so much attention on terrorism that they have focused very little on the silent epidemic of obesity. Governments devote very little attention to it and negligible amount of funding.
Politicians talk about the crisis of health care today. How much of this health care crisis is a direct result of ignoring the problems of preventable chronic diseases? They are always talking about preventive care, yet there is no action with their words. Preventable chronic diseases will eventually put a real strain on health care systems and economies around the world.
Because of the obesity problem we have today, the average life expectancy of a person will be less than prior generations. This is the first reversal of life expectancy since data collecting began in 1900.
Global terrorism is a real threat, but it is a far less of a threat than obesity, diabetes and smoking-related illnesses. Overcoming deadly factors such as poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise should be taken a top priority in the fight against growing epidemic of preventable chronic diseases.
Tags: diabetes, obesity, quit smoking, terrorism, world health organization
