On a serious note

Understanding how it is one of the most devastating things anyone could ever have introduced into their lives, I am almost never comfortable when any one of the various ills of our world are described by our leaders, media personalities and spiritual leaders "a cancer.” Cancer is a devouring of the human body by a tumor so ravenous, so malignant that is can only be stopped by the introduction of toxins that attack both disease and patient, breaking the body down in every system, in every function to the point that the cure begins to resemble some of our world’s most notorious illnesses. Apologies, but I just don’t see talking on a blue tooth headset in public the same way.
There is one case in which I do not disagree with the application of “a cancer” as a label. In fact, I feel as though it is rather appropriate. There is one thing that is eating our population at an alarming rate. It is literally eating away our bodies, our friends, family and children. Attacking our hearts, our joints, our arteries, our livers. It attacks us economically. It attacks us socially. It attacks us emotionally. Right now it will be a significant contributor to the over $4 trillion we’ll spend on healthcare in 2016 alone. We would watch as our family & friends die around us at ever decreasing ages. The longer it grows, the more the treatment will cost, economically and in lives taken.
We educate. We legislate. But it isn't enough. At this rate our reaction is akin to taking a garden hose to the great Chicago fire of 1871. We are allowing the "cancer" to win. As reported by the CDC, the slideshow below shows the actual spread of obesity in America since 1985.



It even looks like a cancerous growth doesn’t it.
I’m not going to belabor the point. Simply put
Right now 2 out of 3 people in the room are overweight or obese. By 2030, 3 out of 4.
Right now 1 out of 3 children are in the same boat.
Obese 12 year olds show the vascular health of a 45 year old individual. Their bodies ages 33 years ahead of their chronological age.
For every 2.2lbs of fat a child puts on, their body must generate 2 miles of veins and arteries to support that tissue. Think how much harder that 12 year old’s heart has to work…just to feed the fat.

Obesity leads to:
Diabetes
Heart disease
Stroke
Arthritis
Gall Bladder Infection
and yes…cancer.

Take a stand and make a change today.