With more than a third of Americans considered obese, it's no surprise that the country has the highest calorie intake of any other in the world.

superbeets · Aug 13, 2014

[h=1]Daily calorie intake of countries across the world revealed... and (surprise) the U.S. tops the list at 3,770[/h]

The UK comes in sixth place, with people here consuming an average of 3,440 a day
Bottom of the list is the Democratic Republic of Congo, at 1,590 calories

With more than a third of Americans considered obese, it's no surprise that the country has the highest calorie intake of any other in the world.
In a new infographic from health website Evoke.ie showing how much food residents of various countries eat per day, the U.S. trumps with 3,770 calories, followed closely by Austria with 3,760.
The UK comes in sixth place, with people here consuming an average daily calorie intake of 3,440.

superbeets · Aug 13, 2014

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Biggest eaters: A new infographic shows how many calories residents of various countries eat per day, with the U.S. coming in first place at 3,770 calories, followed closely by Austria at 3,760

superbeets · Aug 13, 2014

The graph shows just how much the average American exceeds the recommended daily calorie intake.
According to WebMD, women should consume about 2,000 calories per day while men should have no more than 2,400.

superbeets · Aug 13, 2014

Also in the top three countries is Italy, where local cuisine like pasta, pizza and bread no doubt contributes to the fact that residents here consume 3,660 a day.
The infographic also shows just how much physical activity it takes to burn 200 calories, with some surprising results

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Compare and contrast: Another fascinating section of the chart shows how much 200 calories is worth in healthy foods compared to unhealthier ones

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Good and bad: For instance, while it would take 570 grams of baby carrots to reach an intake of 200 calories, just 34 grams of fried bacon has the same calorific value

superbeets · Aug 13, 2014

Running up and down the stairs for just 2.5 minutes, for instance, will make you sweat enough to burn 200 calories. But it would take an hour of bowling to do the same.
The same number of calories can be burned by playing a 40-minute game of badmintion, having a dance party for 37 minutes or doing jumping jacks for 2.5 minutes.
But be wary of relying too heavily on machines at the gym to slim down. Shockingly, the infographic reveals that, on average, exercise machines overestimate calories burned by 19per cent.
A much more reliable form of exercise is toting a baby around; the chart shows that this type of heavy lifting burns 250 an hour.

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Work out: The infographic also shows just how much physical activity it takes to burn 200 calories, with some surprising results

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Unreliable: Be wary of relying too heavily on machines at the gym; exercise machines reportedly overestimate calories burned by 19per cent on average

Another fascinating section of the chart shows how much 200 calories is worth in healthy foods compared to unhealthier ones.
Eating 588 grams of broccoli, for instance, which is approximately the equivalent of one head, is the same as consuming just 51 grams of Gummi Bears.
And while it would take 570 grams of baby carrots to add up to an intake of 200 calories, just 34 grams of fried bacon has the same calorific value

superbeets · Aug 14, 2014

[h=1]Being overweight or obese 'linked to 10 common cancers'[/h]

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Researchers suggest obesity's effects on cancers vary depending on the type of tumour
Being overweight and obese puts people at greater risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, according to research in the Lancet medical journal.
Scientists calculated individuals carrying this extra weight could contribute to more than 12,000 cases of cancer in the UK population every year.
They warn if obesity levels continue to rise there may be an additional 3,700 cancers diagnosed annually.
The study of five million people is the largest to date to confirm the link.

Large numbers
Doctors often warn being overweight can increase the risk of developing cancer, but this study highlights those forms of the disease where the risk is greatest.
Led by scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researchers gathered data on five million people living in the UK, monitoring changes to their health over a period of seven years.
They found each 13-16kg (2-2.5 stone) of extra weight an average adult gained was linked firmly and linearly to a greater risk of six cancers.
How big this risk was varied depending on tumour type.

Cancer of the uterus had the highest increased risk
gallbladder
kidney
cervix
thyroid
leukaemia had the lowest rise in risk.

People who had a high body mass index (calculated using weight and height) were also more likely to develop cancer of the liver, colon, ovaries, and post-menopausal breast cancer.
But the effects for these cancers were less clear-cut and were influenced by individual factors such as the menopause.
Researchers say though obesity was associated with the development of the most common cancers - which represent 90% of the cancers diagnosed in the UK, some showed no link at all.
And there is some evidence to suggest a higher BMI is associated with a lower chance of getting prostate cancer.
Modest risks
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran, who led the research, said: "There was a lot of variation in the effect of BMI on different cancers.
"For example, risk of cancer of the uterus increased substantially at higher body mass index, for other cancer we saw a more modest increase in risk or no effect at all.
"This variation tells us BMI must affect cancer risk through a number of different processes, depending on cancer type"
Tom Stansfeld, at Cancer Research UK, said: "Although the relationship between cancer and obesity is complex, it is clear carrying excess weight increases your risk of developing cancer.
"Keeping a healthy weight reduces cancer risk and the best way to do this is through eating a healthy, balanced diet and exercising regularly."

BleedingPurple · Aug 14, 2014

Why believe scientists? It's just a hoax

hehateme82 · Aug 14, 2014

When my wife and I fly Southwest which is open seating, we try to sit next to the first skinny person occupying a window seat. This is a lot tougher to find than it sounds and we end up sitting at the back of the plane in most cases. This country is large and in charge.

hehateme82 · Aug 14, 2014

BleedingPurple said:
Why believe scientists? It's just a hoax

Most pleasant summer in MD I can remember. If this is global warming or climate change than I'm all about this shit.

Dave007inVegas · Aug 14, 2014

Caloric intake is not the primary culprit, lack of exercise is.

Especially among kids.

superbeets · Aug 14, 2014

[h=1]The 30-year-old health sector billionaire[/h]

Elizabeth Holmes is worth $4.5bn (£2.7bn)
Monitoring what's going on in your body has gripped California's Silicon Valley like a mania.
Enthusiasts wear two or three wrist bands to keep an eye on their blood pressure 24 hours a day.
They use sensors to tell them how many paces they have taken - the recommended daily rate is currently 10,000, I think. That's about five miles.
And up and down the valley, new companies are rushing to get a piece of the action. They are matching body measuring devices to the smartphone, to produce a torrent of data that may or may not be useful to doctors and specialists, if they have the time to deal with it. There are dozens of such entrepreneurial start-ups, maybe hundreds.
It is happening because only very recently have people become permanently connected to the internet in this always-on, display-rich way. Mobile technology is seemingly reordering our relationship with ourselves, as well as the outside world.
After you've liked or friended a person, you may as well include your own body in your digital network.
Self-made billionaire[h=2]“Start Quote[/h]

The beginning was what I could do to make a change in the world”

Elizabeth Holmes
Meanwhile, on a corner of the Stanford University campus where Facebook once had its office, Elizabeth Holmes is working away at a health monitoring project that has already taken up 11 years of her life.
Her company Theranos is the antithesis of the digital healthcare gold rush, though it is not unconnected with it.
She is only 30, but she has been nursing this company all through her 20s. Only now is it breaking cover and making itself known.
Elizabeth Holmes has that unshakeable surety of purpose that is one of the hallmarks of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
She dresses in black like the late Steve Jobs of Apple. Like him, too, she generates a kind of force field of attention and self-confidence.

Unlike some rivals, Theranos' technology only requires a drop of blood
And she seems to have had it since at least the age of 19, when she dropped out of her engineering studies at Stanford University to found her corporation.
Theranos is as yet little known, but private investors have taken stakes that value it at an extraordinary $9bn (£5.4bn).
Ms Holmes still owns half the business, making her on paper (according to the magazine Forbes) the youngest woman ever to become a self-made billionaire.
And Theranos has attracted some striking believers. On one of the most star-studded boards of directors in the USA sit two former secretaries of state - Henry Kissinger and George Shultz - and a former defence secretary.
Theranos has what is on the face of it a straightforward purpose - to make blood tests simple, timely, unalarming, and cheap.
Elizabeth Holmes is convinced that she is on a big mission: "The beginning was what I could do to make a change in the world.
"To affect people's lives in a meaningful way."
'Difference to the world'A huge number of medical diagnoses are based on blood tests - billions of tests a year in the US alone, costing tens of billions of dollars. Yet for many people they are unaffordable and invasive. There's a widespread fear of needles and testing.

Theranos has some powerful shareholders
As a result, Ms Holmes says that in the US, nearly half the people do not get the tests that their doctors order for them.
Theranos has a upfront price list for more than 200 specified blood tests, seemingly far cheaper than established test companies, where the bill comes in after the tests.
Much smaller blood samples are used to do tests - little more than a drop. And then the blood is analysed fast in company facilities - automated labs shrouded in proprietary secrecy.
"We are handling such small amounts of blood that we needed to redevelop the chemistries and the analytical systems on which to run them," she says.
Interesting yes, but is affordable blood testing really a revolution in healthcare?
Elizabeth Holmes says it's about access to information: "We believe that when someone you love gets really, really sick, by the time you find out about it is usually too late to do something about it... a very painful experience."

A growing number of us use mobile phone apps to monitor different aspects of our health
"If we could build a system that would help to change that, then we would make a difference in the world."
To that end, Theranos has recently launched an alliance with the largest drugstore chain in the USA.
Walgreen's has more than 8,500 stores all over the country, within five miles of a huge swathe of the US population. The stores have just started installing what are called Theranos Wellness Centres.
I dropped in on one a mile or so from the company's HQ in University Avenue, Palo Alto.
The experience was certainly straightforward - a welcoming staffer put a soothing warm wrapper on my finger, a pin prick which I hardly felt, and then a small phial of blood filled in a second.
The results were emailed back in 24 hours.
'Saving money'To change the trajectory of early detection of illnesses, says Elizabeth Holmes, it is very important to be close to where people live.
For some years before this retail drug store rollout, Theranos has been making money by selling its services to big pharmaceutical companies.
For them, large-scale testing of drugs in development is an expensive, time-consuming and cumbersome process. It's the stage where costs soar in the development of a new drug.
Speeding up tests gets more information about the efficacy of a new drug back to base faster. Easy, frequent blood testing may enable drug companies to see the impact of adjusted drug dosage on their trial patients much faster.
Theranos has Europe in its sights too. The cost to patients of blood testing may be a hidden issue when a health service pays, but there is - says Elizabeth Holmes - the chance to save "an incredible amount of money".
And when people start taking a much closer interest in their health by having blood tests more frequently, then illnesses will be spotted earlier, she thinks.
Blood testing is a market worth billions in the US alone, dominated by big corporations such as Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp. The established companies are unlikely to let a newcomer such as Theranos gain market share by waiting to be undercut, if it can roll out its services as it intends.
Theranos is a highly ambitious company with a strikingly ambitious founder and a lot still to prove.
But healthcare is only just beginning to wake up to the implications of personalised medicine. And diagnosis - including blood tests - will be at the heart of some great big changes in the way we think about our health.

superbeets · Aug 14, 2014

What does America have for breakfast?

Imagine an American breakfast and what comes to mind? Ham and eggs, with hash browns? Pancakes with maple syrup and bacon? The reality tends to be simpler. Cereal and fruit juice have been breakfast staples for generations - though that now seems to be changing.

The breakfast cereal behemoth, Kellogg, announced in July that quarterly global earnings had fallen by a sizable 16% over the year before. That same month, orange juice sales plummeted to the lowest in a decade, according to the Florida Department of Citrus.
Two pillars of the everyday American breakfast, seen for decades as part of a well-rounded morning meal, seem to be slowly losing their appeal to US consumers. But what foods are Americans turning to instead?
One telling sign was the departure last year of the head of Kellogg's US breakfast-foods division, who took up the helm of Greek yogurt maker Chobani Inc. As Kellogg's sales have dropped, Chobani's have skyrocketed to nearly $1bn a year.
According to Harry Balzer, a food industry analyst for market research firm NPD Group, yogurt like Chobani's is a "perfect replacement" for cereal. It's a nourishing dairy product - and it's also portable.

Balzer has been studying changing food trends for more than 30 years. And one thing remains constant, he says: people are looking for products that save them time.
To break into the breakfast market, "you have to give me something new that makes my life easier", he says.
Continue reading the main story“Start Quote

We're telling people you have to eat in the morning so you don't weigh as much”

Andrew BrownUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Balzer says the rise of easy, portable items like yogurt, breakfast sandwiches, toastable pastry items, fruit, and breakfast bars have all been responsible for stealing cereal's lunch, so to speak.
"Time-saving maybe for my great grandmother was having eggs delivered to her house for the ham and eggs she was going to make for her family," he explains.
"And by the time it came to my mother, maybe it was about the cereal and whether the kids could make the cereal on their own. And by the time it came to me, maybe it was can we stop and get a breakfast sandwich, an Egg McMuffin," Balzer adds. "And when you get to my daughter… she may be looking at it as, 'Can I just give the kids some yogurt and fruit and a bar for breakfast.'"
Some 80% of Americans still eat breakfast inside the home, according to Balzer. An estimated 10% report they skip the meal entirely - people aged between 18 and 35 are most likely to do this - while another 10% get breakfast elsewhere.
And it's that last 10% that have restaurants in a feeding frenzy. In fact, the only area where the crowded restaurant industry has seen growth in the last decade has been on take-out breakfast, Balzer says.

McDonald's, which began selling the Egg McMuffin in 1971, is still king with more than 19% of all fast-food breakfast sales in the US - sales that are worth $40bn per year. Burger King gobbles up nearly 3%, according to the Wall Street Journal, but companies like Subway and Taco Bell are entering the fray with items such as the new "waffle taco".
Some consumers are looking for a low-fat, low-calorie breakfast, though, or one that matches their personal definition of what a "healthy" breakfast should be. One of the reasons cereal and orange juice have had the pulp beaten out of them is because of a shift away from sugar and carbohydrates toward yogurt and sandwiches with protein-rich fillings.
Breakfasters in Britain have also jumped on the higher-protein trend with eggs showing a 13.7% rise in consumption in the last year. Eggs' perfect partners, bacon and sausage, have also seen a rise in popularity as cereal sales declined, according to The Grocer.
In both countries, the link between weight loss and breakfast is constantly debated. Every year, conflicting studies are released touting breakfast as a must for fighting obesity, or skipping breakfast as the key to keep weight down.
Andrew Brown, a scientist at the The University of Alabama at Birmingham Nutrition and Obesity Research Center, investigated more than 100 different studies in this area and found there was no clear link.

Breakfast in the UK

Cereal, tea and bread are the three most common breakfast items, though cereal and bread have been in long-term decline
Eggs are now being eaten 13.7% more often at breakfast than they were a year ago - they feature in about one in 13 breakfasts - partly because of reports that they help people feel full for longer
There has also been a 7.1% increase in bacon consumption at breakfast in the last six months
One in three people regularly skip breakfast
Consumption of on-the-go breakfast products - taken from home to be eaten elsewhere - was down 9% over the six months from December to May, compared with a year earlier

Source: The Grocer

"There's a halo around breakfast, that if you want to lose weight, you have to eat breakfast," Brown says. "[But] there wasn't a lot of good strong evidence to support it."
What he and his colleagues did find was that American attitudes about breakfast have changed significantly over the last century.
In historical literature from the early 1900s, "you've got these gigantic breakfasts with steak and eggs and oatmeal - so many calories - and it talks about that you must have this energy or you'll waste away, that you need to be able to be fuelled for your day," he says.
"And now we look at the narrative and we're telling people you have to eat in the morning so you don't weigh as much," he says. The theory just wasn't born out in his study's data.
One thing experts do appear to agree on is the difficulty in determining just what, exactly, Americans do eat for breakfast on any given day. The reason? Most people, when surveyed, tend to lie about it to avoid negative judgement.
According to Balzer, what people say they eat eat says just as much about them as, say, their choice in fashion. They say "what they want you to hear," he says. "They want you to hear they're eating quinoa."

Ricboff · Aug 15, 2014

Scott L opened a good thread on the rise of Obesity. It's not just a USA problem, its a global problem. Beets you boyz across the pond are getting 'chunky'.

. Obesity and diabetes walk side by side. Disturbing rates, an epidemic.

fresh off the presses:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...doubles-as-disease-rises-sharply-in-u-s-.html

'Forty percent of Americans born from 2000 to 2011 will develop diabetes, double the risk of those born a decade earlier, signaling a sharp increase in the disease’s prevalence, researchers found'

seriously, WTF?

does the planet have the balls to attack this head on, it'll mean stepping on a lot of shoes. Or are we going to 'treat' the disease, let's ask Pharma for 'better' medications?

http://www.hngn.com/articles/38841/...s-diabetes-in-women-pfizer-faces-lawsuits.htm

ouch Pfizer. Are the statins useless?

As per the article, Lipitor is the number one selling Rx drug ever.

Type 11 diabetes is a lifestyle disease. Curable. Change the FOOD you eat.

Ricboff · Sep 9, 2015

....dagone........

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/...tes-or-pre-diabetes-study-says/?intcmp=hphz02

[h=1]Half of US adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes, study says[/h]

The study of government health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers increased substantially between 1988 and 2012 although they mostly leveled off after 2008. Overall, 12 percent to 14 percent of adults had diagnosed diabetes in 2012, the latest data available. Most of that is Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked with obesity and inactivity.
Almost 40 percent have pre-diabetes, meaning elevated blood sugar levels that could lead to full-fledged disease. Studies have shown lifestyle changes can delay or prevent diabetes in these people.

It was published in Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

With more than a third of Americans considered obese, it's no surprise that the country has the highest calorie intake of any other in the world.

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