Stefan Molyneux Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjXRYff4hI] Links to New Data: http://www.brainfacts.org/~/media/Brainfacts/Article%20Multimedia/Across%20the%20Lifespan/Diet%20and%20Exercise/Obesity%20Trends%20Chart.ashx?w=648&h=370http://www.brainfacts.org/across-the-lifespan/diet-and-exercise/articles/2010/obesity-and-the-brain/ ( Graph on the 4th picture to the right of the rat one) http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/1521/nutrition-experts-take-aim-at-obesity-crisis-blaming-usda-control-of-dietary-advice ( Potentially good graph ) http://biovedawellness.com/2010/10/is-the-obesity-epidemic-a-result-of-our-stupidity/(Graph goes to 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7151813.stm( World Obesity Graph but goes to 2004)http://www.grc.com/health/lowcarb.htm( Past and Projected Obesity rates (bottom of page) ) http://www.themonastery.org/blog/2012/04/obesity-a-problem-for-churches-to-tackle-too/ (obesity and driving in America Graph ( Middle of page ) ) 1) Trends2) Obesity and High Fructose Corn Syrup3) Subsidization of Obesity4) Current Statistics5) Mental Health and Obesity6) Causes Behind Deterioration of Mental HealthIdeas for presentationthe issue and its trendsFood subsidies- inflating the cost of healthy foods and deflating the cost of unhealthy foodswhich is healthier HFCS vs sugar tariffs on sugar which can be considered healthy relative to HFCSHFCS prices suppression Corn and soy subsidization levels vs other foodPrice consequences for consumers - HFCS is in everything nowFast-food and consumer foods consequences Mental deteriorationthe issue; current and historical statisticshypothesis as to why; overall wealth destructionbeing turned into slaves through the government debtsbeing preyed on by increasing taxes, the federal reserve and the debtFood stamps; unemployed and depressed with budgeted amounts of free food money Definition of Obesity: LinkPeople are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of the person's height in metres, exceeds 30 kg/m2Examples of Obese Weights5”11 220lbs and over is Obese5”5 182lbs and over is Obese6”4 250lbs and over is ObeseLink1) Trends Link[/font] [/font] Link [/font] Link [/font] [/font] Link Obesity and HFC consumption rates[/font] Link [/font]Children’s BMI over time [/font] Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. In 1980, the obesity rate of 6-11 year olds was 6.5%, in 2008 had tripled to 19.6%. For toddlers and preschoolers aged 2-5, the obesity levels have risen from 5% to 12.4% in the same amount of time. A child is considered obese if their BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30 or higher Link [/font]Increase increase increase[/font] This certainly seems to be borne out by the statistics: in 1980, only about a third of Americans were considered overweight and only 13 percent were classified as obese, rates not much greater than in 1960. But in the past twenty-five years these numbers have skyrocketed. Today, more than 60 percent of Americans are considered overweight and one in four is obese—a two-fold increase in less than three decades. Even more alarming is the rise in juvenile obesity; today, 15 percent of American children are considered obese, more than twice as many as in 1980. Link [/font]HFC massive increase in consumption 1970-1990[/font] The consumption of HFCS increased > 1000% between 1970 and 1990, far exceeding the changes in intake of any other food or food group. HFCS now represents > 40% of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages and is the sole caloric sweetener in soft drinks in the United States. Link [/font]Obese doubled last 30 years[/font] ...number of obese American adults has more than doubled in the past 30 years to about 78 million. Link Obesity 1960-70s vs Now [/font] In the 1960s and 1970s only 13 percent of U.S. adults and 5 to 7 percent of U.S. children were obese. Today, 17 percent of our children, 32 percent of adult males, and 36 percent of adult females are obese. 2) Obesity and High Fructose Corn Syrup Link [/font]HFC doesn’t cut hunger so it leads to weight gain; Yale study[/font] Fructose, a sweetener found on many food labels, may contribute to weight gain and obesity because it has minimal effect on brain regions that control appetite, a study by Yale University researchers found. The brain requires glucose as a fuel, Sherwin said. When there isn’t enough in the body, it turns on cells to try to get a person to eat more. Once glucose levels rise, the brain turns those cells off. The study found that fructose doesn’t have the ability to operate that off switch, he said. Link High Fructose vs Glucose In a study conducted by University of California researchers, 16 volunteers were given a strictly controlled diet including very high levels of fructose. Another group was given the same diet but with high levels of glucose (regular sugar) replacing the fructose. Over 10 weeks, the volunteers that were given fructose produced new fat cells around their heart, liver and other digestive organs. They also showed signs of food-processing abnormalities linked to diabetes and heart disease. The control group of volunteers on the same diet, but with glucose sugar replacing fructose, did not have these problems. Link High Fructose Corn Syrup vs sugar Another study found that when people were given HFCS-sweetened beverages, they gained significantly more weight than when they consumed the sugar (in the form of jelly beans) Link High Fructose Corn Syrup vs Fat in Rats In a study by Princeton researchers last year, psychology professor Bart Hoebel noticed a disturbing trend in HFCS consumption. “When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese — every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don’t see this; they don’t all gain extra weight.” Link HFC consumption has been increasing https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/C19CwXO3sAmnZOwHhRwi2GJTf2ZNXT3km6dIkUpPkyf4IxmssRxF100-aqrPYJ85GOJcIgaILHBvlfArXuadG9FeQ3whorSyZgC4Cqal1X4KPBjt8n7MwpCV Link [/font]Increasing a lot[/font] In 1970 HFCS represented < 1% of all caloric sweeteners available for consumption in the United States, but the HFCS portion of the caloric sweetener market jumped rapidly in the 1980s and by 2000 represented 42.0% of all caloric sweeteners 3) Subsidization of Obesity Link [/font]Subsidization Pyramid[/font] https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lNqJ4UD-7Pn_aqZTLQTSNW2lmhjnJum8gMFhJvOmB9tlRuX4b5cnNLALMgQuiUR_wyMPUadPIbWCr66UjDRXlVv-rBUkTILEdU4nmE0T0MhnsdvrKod5Eauz Link [/font]Price of veggie increases 3 fold vs fats and oils[/font] Freedom to Farm Act and dispenses fixed subsidy amounts to farmers based on previous crop yields. Although the intention of the act was to eliminate crop subsidies, it resulted in the imbalanced allocation of government subsidies. For example, in 2001, large agribusinesses represented 7% of US cropland, yet they received over 45% of the government subsidies. In contrast, small specialty farms represented 76% of the cropland, yet they received only 14% of government subsidies during this time. As a result of this imbalance, the cost of fruits and vegetables has risen disproportionately compared with that of fats and oils. For example, the cost of fruits and vegetables increased by 118% from 1985 to 2000, whereas the cost of fats and oils increased by only 35% during this period. Link [/font]HFC starts replacing corn syrup[/font] High-fructose corn syrup started replacing sugar around 1980 mainly because it's cheaper. It's almost half the price of sugar, partially because the United States, the world's largest grower of corn, subsidizes farmers who grow it, and that lowers its price. The United States also restricts the import of sugar, which hikes its price. Link [/font]Corn is subsidized while cane sugar imports are taxed[/font] Corn is subsidized by the U.S. government, making the high fructose corn syrup cheaper. While tariffs and import taxes are placed on foreign sugar. Link [/font]Major US crop subsidies: Corn, Soy[/font] The U.S. Farm Bill has allocated significantly increased funding in subsidizing corn and soy crops over the past several decades. Over $34.5 billion was spent on corn subsidies and $11 billion was spent on soybean subsidies from 1985-2002, and more than $50 billion was spent subsidizing corn in the past decade.Other subsidized crops that receive the most funding are wheat, cotton, and rice. Together, these five crops account for 90% of all subsidy payments. ...two-thirds of calories consumed in the U.S. come from just four crops, which happen to be the four food items with the highest subsidy levels. Link Unhealthy foods are heavily subsidizedCorn and soybeans are also used to make a wide variety of processed foods, many in the form of sugars and fats such as high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Subsidized Fast Food The ability of fast-food restaurants to put hamburgers on the 99¢ value menu can also be linked to cheap commodities. These foods (which become artificially low in cost) are used as feed grains by the meat industry as a way to rid the system of the overproduced subsidized crops. 60% of corn and 47% of soybeans grown in the U.S. are used to produce grain feed for livestock. Healthy Food are and Have Become Much More Expensive While the costs of sugars and fats have become cheaper, healthier options like fruits and vegetables have become more expensive, rising nearly 40 percent over the past 20 years. Corn and soybean costs decreased 32% and 21%, respectively, since the passage of the 1996 Farm Bill. According to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, $1 could purchase 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit. Cheap HFC for the Rest of the World In 2001, two-thirds of world corn exports came from the U.S. As observed by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy(IATP), due to the North American Free Trade Agreement and the 1996 Farm Bill, ³agribusinesscompanies have consistently dumped corn onto export markets at between 10 and 30 percent below its cost of production Link [/font]Traditional Sugar is very expensive in the US, leading producers to use HFC[/font] "I'm now paying between 55 and 58 cents a pound [for refined sugar], pretty amazing when you look at the pricing in Europe at approximately 40% to 50% less," said Joe Vittoria, chief executive of PEZ Candy Inc. Link High levels of subsidization of corn Since 1994, the federal government has supported corn producers to the tune of $6 billion per year Link [/font] [/font] Link [/font]Sugar Tariffs Cost US citizens 2.5 billion in 2009 alone[/font] Link Calories for a Dollar[/font] A few years ago two nutrition experts went grocery shopping. For a dollar, Adam Drewnowski and S. E. Specter could purchase 1,200 calories of potato chips or cookies or just 250 calories worth of carrots Link [/font]HFCS prices have lowered and people have responded[/font] Between 1985 and 2010 the price of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup dropped 24 percent, and by 2006 American children consumed an extra 130 calories a day from these beverages. Over the same period the price of fresh fruits and vegetables rose 39 percent. Link [/font]Healthy Food is becoming increasingly expensive while unhealthy subsidized food stays cheap[/font] Link [/font]Change in Prices of foods 1985-2000 and consumption 1975-2000[/font] Link [/font]Good food is driven out of the hands of children and replaced with pop[/font] Between 1965 and 1996, adolescents’ milk consumption decreased by 36% as soft drink consumption increased by 287% in boys and 224% in girls, according to research by Popkin and colleagues published in the July 2000 issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood 4) Current Statistics Link [/font]High levels of unhealthiness[/font] [/font] A staggering two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and about one-quarter to one-third of adults fall into the obese category and it is projected to go to FIFTY percent by 2030. Link The average American is now 10 pounds overweight 5) Mental Health and Obesity Link [/font]Decrease in mental health for teenagers in the last 30 years[/font] The proportion of 15/16 year olds reporting that they frequently feel anxious or depressed has doubled in the last 30 years, from 1 in 30 to 2 in 30 for boys and 1 in 10 to 2 in ten for girls. The proportion of 15/16 year olds with behaviour problems (as rated by parents) also increased, from approximately 7 per cent in 1974, to approximately 15 per cent in 1999. Link Much more people are depressed than 60 years ago 10 times more people suffer from major depression now than in 1945 Link Deteriorating Mental Health; Much more anti-depression medication use Antidepressant prescribing has risen nearly 400% since 1988, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 1 in 10 Americans over age 12 now takes an antidepressant, the study finds, and yet two-thirds of those with severe symptoms of depression do not take antidepressants at all. Link [/font]Depression = Higher Obesity Rate[/font] Obesity, Luppino and colleagues found, increases the risk of depression in initially non-depressed individuals by 55 percent Link [/font]Depression = Higher Obesity Rate #2[/font] ...mood disorders generally and major depression in particular increased risk of future obesity more than twofold. Depressed males had a sixfold increased risk of obesity[/font] Link [/font]Depression = Higher Obesity Rate #3[/font] ...[/font]found an overall odds ratio (OR) of 1.18, confirming that depression is associated with an 18% increased risk of being obese. Link [/font]Depression = Higher Obesity Rate #4[/font] In a sample of young adults during a 15-year period, those who started out reporting high levels of depression gained weight at a faster rate than others in the study 6) Causes Behind Deterioration of Mental Health Link [/font]Decrease in Economic Freedom [/font] According to the Cato Institute’s latest Economic Freedom of the World report –– which incorporates more than forty “objective components” related to each country’s government size, property freedom, monetary policy, trade policy and regulatory climate – the United States has seen its economic freedom plunge “precipitously” in recent years. From 1980 to 2000, the United States was generally rated the third freest economy in the world, ranking behind only Hong Kong and Singapore.” However in 2005 America slipped to No. 8 on this index. And as of 2010 – the latest year for which data is available – our country had fallen all the way to No. 18. Destruction of Wealth, the middle class, the nuclear family and an increasing rate of government predation/ Increases in government spending, record deficits, violation of property rights, more onerous regulation of business, and wars on terrorism and drugs have all contributed to the erosion of economic freedom in America[/font] See “There Will Be No Economic Recovery. Prepare Yourself Accordingly.”Each square is a crate worth 100 million dollars or a years work of 3500 average Americans.https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/u38gR-U43MMp1ROTxdARaXcv5yZSpTplF0Va6xxm96zqKsdU7b_J5OQIK8pyJxnYNYPXAe5obcPibSTGIclWfC0K_punSZVXHbyxdYcrLtEecPcrEz6M_bcohttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ldh_a5dbaKOvPvYnTC9a_teJQ1_Czh-a3PLGIAWtYy6JRbkHAWoh3YvgTHXtosvc5f5Fw8T_fAjkOgW9M-0tXgBciPGJunw5bDLBI09ShOCXz8xdsRMbAznTLink Free food - 44 million Americans on Food Stamps or over 14000 for each of the 3000 Walmarts that exist in the US[/font] Free food and no work - [/font] 45.5 percent of Americans were employed in 2010 [/font]Link [/font] Link [/font]Unemployment Leads to Depression [/font] According to a recent study published in the "International Journal of Epidemiology," unemployment is a major risk factor for depression, even in people without previous vulnerability. Link Unemployment Leads to Depression #2[/font] The results indicated that depression is a severe problem in the unemployed population. Depression is more elevated among the long-term unemployed. Link The Unemployed are Depressed About 6% of those with jobs reported symptoms of depression, compared with 21% of unemployed people surveyed Link People on Food Stamps Buy a lot of Soda Grocers have told Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest that around six percent or 4 Billion dollars a year of SNAP benefits goes toward buying sodas. Link People on Food Stamps or have ever been on food stamps are at a higher risk of becoming obese A separate study, published last August, linked these two striking statistics. People never receiving food stamps had lower rates of obesity than those who had been on them at some point in their lives, even after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status. Link People on Food Stamps have, on average, a higher BMI than non food stamp users. BMI is the index in which people judge obesity and overweightness. Participants in the U.S. Food Stamp Program have, on average, a body mass index (BMI) more than one point higher than nonusers, according to research published in the current issue of Economics and Human Biology. This difference was especially high for women: those buying their food with stamps carried around an average of 5.8 pounds more body weight. The findings came from an analysis of some 4,000 enrollees in federal food stamp programs who were compared with nearly 6,000 people not using food stamps, along with variables including BMI, race and other socioeconomic factors. Link Link2 Number of people on Food Stamps and its monthly benefit in dollars over time https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/44MJo-vJiWL2877ij7Qgk_k4TrqLzmzazYcTrp6DgHDH9K1NJ9lmOfh87tHHq_hOeZRerebYxRjbDlNlFGzW1z8MVTcih6-8c0zdgknzEQAPUXaOPjbuVX9phttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/iatXmu3Zyb7Sq03k5LmeHa6WTX_ecVS91ukDjw3ViapLM2a8GstZyVIXmYVL1qaLpKmzrRgKorT_9EYhakua3FHggkaASVPbNzYO2aIYzS0qFKsC8Vl_Nf1K Link [/font]A lot of People are Clinically Depressed and the Rate is Increasing[/font] Nearly 1 in 10 Americans suffers from clinical depression and 3% have major depression, according to a 2006-2008 survey of 235,000 adults from 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marked an uptick in rates of the mood disorder: a similar study conducted in 2001-2002 reported 6.6% of the population as depressed.
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