Obesity

  1. A medical Journal is warning the world that it is getting fatter.
  2. The single best way for determining a person's overall health and risk of disease is by measuring a person's waist-line.
  3. Overweight and obese people have a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes.
  4. If this trend continues, health care systems around the world will fail.
  5. The journal blames this new trend on our modern day food supply.
  6. Cheap and delicious food is available in many places around the world.  
  7. The journal calls on nations everywhere to take preventive action.
  8. One suggestion is to ban junk-food advertising.
  9. Another suggestion is to tax unhealthy foods.
  10. Young people need to be educated about the dangers of obesity.