If Michelle Obama Gets Her Way: Why Ending Obesity Will Collapse the Economy

If Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign continues to pick up steam economic chaos will ensue. 

Let's start with food and look at the numbers.

75% of Americans are fat or obese and on average they eat more twice as much as the thinlings. This means that of all the food that is consumed by Americans over 90% is consumed by fatlings. If every American was a thinling food consumption would be reduced by close to half. 

Gluttony is good for the economy. Food is 20% of the world's economy and 30% of the US GDP. An end to obesity will reduce the US GDP by 15%. A 15% reduction in the US GDP will throw the world economy into chaos and that's just food.

Many sectors will be affected. The Cascade Effect!

Let's start with the food industry. Fast food will be devastated. It's really hard to get fat without fast food. Meals will be smaller and so will the number of people going to fast food restaurants. Suppliers to the fast food  industry will lose 15% of their business. Because portions will be smaller and less customers will be served. This means less equipment like freezers, coolers, stoves, deep fryers, milk shake machined ect...




The ripple effect will continue... 

Smaller cars and lighter loads will mean less petroleum consumed.

The biggest economic devastation will happen to the health care industry.  

The multi-BILLION weight loss surgery industry will vanish like a fart in the wind. There will be 1000's of people in the bariatric industry out of work who will require retraining. More doctors going into other fields will drive prices down causing a deflationary spiral. In economics, deflation is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services.  

The multi-BILLION diet industry will also vanish like an all you can eat buffet at a NAAFA convention. 

The diabetes industry DEVASTATED!

The sleep apnea industry DEVASTATED!

The power chair industry will be DEVASTATED!

Joint replacement industry DEVASTATED!

All the profitable co-morbid obesity related diseases will virtually vanish.  

Because the biggest consumers of health care are fat and obese and 75% of the US population is fat or obese the entire health care industry will suffer a massive and insurmountable economic devastation. 


Still not convinced? Ask yourself this. When was the economy best, in 1903 or now? 

Study Says HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup Does Not Cause Obesity

Study Says HFCS Does Not Cause Obesity

Once again gluttons are insulted. Gluttony is the sole cause of obesity so to give corn sugar the credit marginalizes all the eating we gluttons do. Fat girls, the biggest gluttony deniers, who can't handle the fat blame everything for the fact that they are fat. We work hard to be fat and WE deserve ALL the credit!

For years, high fructose corn syrup has been erroneously implicated as a prime suspect in the obesity epidemic. Inexact scientific reports and inaccurate media accounts have increased confusion about the sugar made from corn. New research proves otherwise.

A new study, presented on Saturday October 9, at the Obesity Society’s 28th Annual Scientific Meeting, further reinforces the facts about high fructose corn syrup. Results from the double-blind study revealed that fructose containing sweeteners (sugar, high fructose corn syrup) do not uniquely contribute to obesity when consumed as part of a healthy weight maintenance diet. The study also found that high fructose corn syrup no more contributes to caloric intake than table sugar (sucrose).

In the study, overweight or obese adults were placed on a 10-week eucaloric diet (an eucaloric diet provides your body with just the right number of calories necessary to maintain current body weight) which incorporated either high fructose corn syrup or sucrose-sweetened, low-fat milk. Participants’ consumption of low-fat milk accounted for between 10 to 20 percent of the daily allotted calories, representing typical levels of sweetener consumption. Study participants did not experience a change in body weight, percent of body fat, fat-mass, or percent of abdominal body fat. Additionally, there were no statistical differences between people given high fructose corn syrup and those given sucrose.

These results are meaningful for the food and beverage industry because they provide further scientific evidence that products containing high fructose corn syrup do not promote weight gain more than products containing sugar.

Bringing a Myth Down to Size

Over the past few years, there have been reports in the media that consumption of HFCS is linked to obesity. However, those in the scientific community, including the American Medical Association, have found that HFCS does not contribute to obesity any differently than sugar. Additionally, one of the earliest critics of HFCS, Barry Popkin, Ph.D., professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, has since publicly retracted his original position, stating, “We were wrong in our speculations on HFCS about their link to weight.”

 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data since 2000 show that obesity and diabetes rates continued to climb even as per capita consumption of high fructose corn syrup measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture essentially reversed direction and began a steady 12-year period of decline (see data). Around the world, obesity levels are also rising even though HFCS consumption is limited outside of the U.S. Refined sugar accounts for about 92 percent and HFCS accounts for about 8 percent of caloric sweeteners consumed worldwide.

 

What’s the cause of our rising weight gain? Obesity is a multifactoral problem blessing, but according to the CDC, eating  too many calories and not getting enough too much physical activity is the primary factor.

 

Obesity rates versus HFCS consumption

Source

1. FoodNavigator-USA.com, Fructose in the firing line, September 16, 2009.
2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 2012. Tables 51, 52 and 53 See column I, Per capita consumption (adjusted for loss) lb/yr. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Diabetes Surveillance System. Long-Term Trends in Diagnosed Diabetes. October 2011. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight, obesity and extreme obesity among adults: United States, trends 1960-62 through 2005-2006. December 2009. Flegal KM, et al. 2010. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008. JAMA 303:3. And Flegal KM, et al. 2012. Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010. JAMA 307:5. 
3. World Health Organization, Global Database on Body Mass Index, Country comparison – BMI adults % obese (>=30.0), Most recent. See also World Health Organization. March 2011. Obesity and overweight: Fact sheet No 311, and LMC International, Inc. 2012. Table 2: World Sugar & HFCS Consumption. Sweetener Analysis January 2012.
4. CDC. Causes and Consequences. April 2012.

 See more at: http://www.cornnaturally.com/hfcs-scientific-data/hfcs-and-obesity#sthash.KuCtGckU.dpuf

  

New Zealand's solution for rising health costs? Deport fat people

At the end of this article i Fat Bastard will point out the folly of New Zealand's anti fat policy.

Art Caplan, Ph.D. NBC News contributor

New Zealand's immigration authorities think they have gotten to the core of solving the obesity epidemic and rising health costs-- deport fat people. A 50 year-old, 286-pound South African citizen no longer has an "acceptable standard of health" to remain in the country where nearly a third of adults are overweight, according to reports.  

Albert Buitenhuis and his wife, Marthie, 47, moved to Christchurch, New Zealand from South Africa six years ago. They are now facing deportation after their work visas were declined because of his weight. New Zealand immigration authorities cited the demands his obesity could place on New Zealand’s health services in terms of cost.

When Albert, 5’ 8”, arrived to take a job as a chef, he topped 350 pounds. Yet he has worked, as has his waitress wife, paid taxes and managed to lose more than 60 pounds, according to The Press of New Zealand. His doctor says Buitenhuis, who has a chronic knee condition, is on his way to getting his blood pressure down and his weight under control.

For the first five years, no one seemed to think that Albert could not fit in New Zealand. But, suddenly, the authorities have decided he must leave. His wife, who is not obese, is on his work visa, so she must follow him to the loading dock.

The associate immigration minister of New Zealand is expected to decide on the case in the next week. 

Albert is appealing his deportation. And he should. While some nations such as the U.S. tried to prevent immigration for those who were HIV positive that was mainly due to worries about contagion. Obesity, while recently categorized by the American Medical Association as a disease, is not contagious. New Zealand, as far as is known, is not trying to get rid of smokers -- who are both costly to care for and can harm others -- or those who have herpes or other sexually transmitted diseases.  

New Zealand immigration laws don't specifically mention weight as cause for deportation, but list medical conditions such as HIV, hepatitis B or cardiac diseases "deemed to impose significant costs and/or demands" on the country's health or education services. New Zealand's health care system, funded through general taxes, provides free medical care to all permanent residents. 

Some think New Zealand is on the right track. New Zealand may believe publicly shaming the bloated is a solution to the obesity epidemic or escalation of health care costs. But deporting Albert, especially while he is losing weight, looks for all the world like a sudden attack of unbridled prejudice.

Fat Bastardo's Comment:

Here is why New Zealand is stupid and wrong. In the short term we fatlings do increase health care costs but because we fattlings die sooner so we actually cost the health care system less in the long term. Our initial high use of health care resources actually simulates the economy due to the influx of money the government spends on our behalf. - i Fat Bastardo -

Obesity In Africa

 

OINK!

Fattest States in U.S. by 2030

OINK OINK OINK the obesity rate in the US will soon top 60%. OINK OINK HOORAY America!!

 

Fattest states in U.S. by 2030 http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10013828.html

The United States is in the midst of an obesity epidemic, with more than 35 percent of adults and almost 20 percent of children considered obese. While recent studies suggest the problem may have reached its plateau, a new study from Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation suggests things are only going to get worse over the next two decades.

The report, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012" analyzed existing data to project the obesity rates for each U.S. state by 2030. And the future looks bleak: 13 states could have adult obesity rates above 60 percent, 39 states could have rates above 50 percent, and all 50 states could have rates above 44 percent. Even the current thinnest state in the country - Colorado, with an obesity rate of almost 21 percent - is expected to have its rate climb to nearly 50 percent by 2030. Which states will be the fattest by 2030?  http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10013828.html



Take that MeMe Roth and all you fat haters. This is a proud moment for America. Gluttony is GOOD!

Medicare Revises Obesity Coverage Policy

Policy opens door to coverage of anti-obesity interventions

Surgeons preparing freshly removed pannus for the grill!

A simple revision to a government policy manual may at last make it possible for seniors and disabled       

Americans to have treatments for  diseases related to obesity covered under Medicare.

The revised policy announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) removes language in the Medicare Coverage Issues Manual stating that obesity is not an illness. This step allows members of the public to request that Medicare review medical evidence to determine whether specific treatments related to obesity would be covered by Medicare.

Another perfectly healthy pannus is removed and soaked in marinade and readied for the BBQ pit. YUM!

"Obesity is a critical public health problem in our country that causes millions of Americans to suffer unnecessary health problems and to die prematurely. Treating obesity-related illnesses and complications adds billions of dollars to the nation's health care costs," said HHS Secretary Thompson during testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education. "With this new policy, Medicare will be able to review scientific evidence in order to determine which interventions improve health outcomes for seniors and disabled Americans who are obese and its many associated medical conditions."

Also called a meat skirt, will greedy surgeons be lopping these extra body parts off and serving them at dinner as meat skirt steaks?

By law, Medicare covers specified medically necessary services for illness and injury. The prior manual language, because it stated that obesity was not an illness, could prevent Medicare from covering treatments for diseases related to obesity.

"From the standpoint of Medicare coverage and the health of our beneficiaries, the question isn't whether obesity is a disease or a risk factor. What matters is whether there's scientific evidence that an obesity-related medical treatment improves health," said CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. "This change in Medicare's coverage policy puts the focus on public health. The medical science will now determine whether we provide coverage for the treatments that reduce complications and improve quality of life for the millions of Medicare beneficiaries who are obese."

The new policy is not expected to have an immediate impact on Medicare coverage. It does not affect the existing Medicare coverage of treatments of diseases resulting in or made worse by obesity, in particular currently covered surgical treatments for morbidly obese individuals.

However, as requests for coverage of obesity treatments are made by the public, Medicare will implement timely review of the scientific evidence, using the coverage determination procedures established in 1999 and modified by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Detailed information on this process can be found on the Medicare coverage Web sitewww.cms.gov/coverage. Essential to this process is the submission of published, clinical trial data that demonstrate that obesity-related treatments improve the health of Medicare beneficiaries.

"We encourage and we're expecting requests to review scientific evidence evaluating the benefits of a range of treatments for obesity in the Medicare population," said CMS Chief Medical Officer Sean Tunis, M.D. "As a first step, we expect to convene our Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee in the fall to evaluate the evidence on obesity-related surgical procedures that may reduce the risk of heart disease and other illnesses."

More information about this major Medicare policy revision can be found athttp://www.cms.hhs.gov/ncdr/searchdisplay.asp?id=57

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I Fat Bastard am stumped on this one. As our millions of readers know Bigger Fatter Politics is weight loss diet neutral but this smacks of weight loss surgery and we are four square meals plus a few snacks against it. I would encourage our readers to provide their opinions and insight on this. I will also be contacting Coach Gains, Dr Gerald "Teddy" Bear, Former Dean of Feederism Proud FA, The Chef, and our investigative reporter Belly Boy to get to the bottom of this and let us know that it means for fatlings everywhere.