16-20 Obesity Facts
16. There is a new category of obesity above morbidly obese called super obese. – Source
17. A lower IQ as a child correlates to higher chances of obesity as an adult. – Source
18. Wealthier men have a higher rate of obesity than poor. Poor women have a higher rate of obesity than wealthier women. – Source
19. Some women in Mauritania force-feed their daughters because obesity for women is idealized in the country. – Source
20. Strongest predictor of the obesity rise in the US is the decline in cigarette smoking (when considering between employment, physical activity at work, food prices, the prevalence of restaurants, cigarette smoking, cigarette prices and taxes, food stamp receipt, and urbanization.) – Source
21-25 Obesity Facts
21. Exposure to blue light, prominently in electronic devices, before bed suppresses melatonin release during sleep, increasing risks of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. – Source
22. Obesity can cause a condition called “buried penis,” in which a penis of normal length is buried below the surface of the pubic skin or within its own excessive shaft skin. This condition can cause other problems, including chronic infections, skin breakdown, and chronic inflammation. – Source
23. There’s a positive correlation between the obesity rate of a population and the number of Walmart servicing that population. – Source
24. Meth is sold for medicinal purposes as “Desoxyn” and is used to treat ADHD and obesity. – Source
25. 70% of Saudi Arabians over 40 are suffering from obesity. – Source
26-30 Obesity Facts
26. The city of Oklahoma lost a collective 1 million pounds over 5 years through building health infrastructure, facilitating wellness initiatives and fostering discussion about obesity throughout society. – Source
27. The shift from using sucrose to high-fructose corn syrup in the US, encouraged by extensive gov subsidies in the 70’s, just preceded a rapid rise in prevalence of obesity. – Source
28. Sled dogs have a unique “metabolic switch” that acutely changes how they burn fat calories, allowing them to keep going and going and going with no obvious signs of pain or fatigue. Figuring out how that mechanism works may have implications for human diabetics and those battling obesity. – Source
29. People’s life expectancy is predicted to shorten by five to twenty years due to the obesity epidemic. – Source
30. Rimonabant, an anti-obesity drug that works by blocking cannabinoid receptors, was withdrawn from the market after it was found to cause increased suicide risk. – Source
#1 The source say they visit a nutritionist and a doctor to determine their eligibility prior to registration, but doesn’t say if they have follow ups.
My main concern, especially when it pays double for families (including kids), is that people will be on unhealthy diets, starving themselves, and introducing more health concerns that what obesity causes.
Paying people to do things like this to their body can easily turn into nasty things, especially when the poor can be the most directly affected by obesity when they have limited access to healthy food alternatives. And a desperation for money only accelerates that.
#10 It wasn’t mysterious. Miraculin is a great sweetener, and has very little adverse side effects, except when subject to heat. Most, nearly all, food (or mainly, in this case, drink) products that use alternative sweeteners go through some sort of heat process, if just for pasteurization. Heat doesn’t change the food chemistry, but it changes the way we taste sour foods, especially high acidity foods, which will taste sweet, which can trick people into consuming more.
Your source was from “howstuffworks”. Any source that calls anything a “miracle food” is subject to further scrutinization. Since there’s no such thing as a “‘miracle food”.
Permanently ban advertisements on food and you could find a dramatic drop in obesity. Why do you need to know food is out there. I don’t need a constant reminder that food there to be eaten. If I had a eating disorder and/or prone to compulsive behaviors, maybe someone just can’t stop from buying because they see someone enjoying it, I would find myself 200lbs heavier than I am now because of all the food marketed. Have you ever experienced food envy (wishing for someone else’s plate of food at a restaurant), similar to that.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201008/what-does-advertising-do