Shaw's Eco-Logic

That's the title of a recent HND article, based, in part, on an interview I did with Jessica Donze Black, executive director of the Campaign to End Obesity.

The stats are disturbing...

• According to projections, 73 percent of American adults could be overweight or obese by 2008.
• More than 9 million children are overweight or obese.
• According to Health Affairs Journal and RAND, 83 cents of every health care dollar in America is spent on a patient that is overweight or obese.
• According to the American Cancer Society, obese adults are at increased risk for all cancers especially endometrial, gall bladder, uterine, ovarian, colorectal and prostate.
• According to the CDC, obesity contributes to two-thirds of all heart disease.

We make some suggestions, and link to reports from the Campaign.

At a time when people are obsessing on tenth-order effects on health, it is astonishing that the biggest true health crisis of all is getting scant attention.