The future of obesity

Obesity isn't going away anytime soon.  The future of obesity unfortunately looks bleak.  The front runners including the United States and Australia keep getting worse, with no end in site.  Only one state in the United States (Colorado) had less than a 20% obesity rate, and barely.  Some states will be in the 40% range in the next year or so, many are well above 30% obesity rates now.  While obesity awareness is spreading, changes to food and education aren't coming fast enough, and government interference having to do with what foods people can and can't eat is being met with stiff resistance from people who feel their rights to eat whatever they want are being infringed upon. Without more government intervention and funding, I don't see how we're going to conquer the obesity problem.   What is out there right now is very decentralized and disorganized.  The government needs to form an organization that will ensure the right information on health is getting to those who need it most, starting with the kids.  Schools cutting back their recess time in exchange for more class time for higher test scores is a joke.  Budget cuts for programs that let kids get more exercise has to stop.  We're so fricking worried about test scores that we're robbing our kids of their health.  And while we're at it, let's stop feeding these kids garbage in the cafeteria.  I know what was available when I was a kid.  Soda, chocolate milk, and sweets galore.  Sure they might get it elsewhere, but why give them even more avenues.  Parents, you need to get your kids off their butts from playing video games and surfing facebook all day long.  Don't feed them garbage in the home.  Much of this is on you too.

The future of obesity in other countries is even more dire.  Up and coming countries like China that are finding new found wealth, and have westernized influenced like McDonalds popping up all over are very susceptible to an explosion in obesity rates.  We shouldn't be passing these bad habits to other countries, we need to figure out how prevent obesity in our own country, share our successes with others, so the future of obesity across the world isn't nearly as bad as what we're dealing with now.