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OBESITY NOTES

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FROM LINUS PAULING DIET AND OPTIMAL HEALTH MEETING MAY 18-22, 2005
For those with patience, here are my notes from one of the best professional meetings for M.D. and Ph.D. professionals involved in nutrition professionally. They have not been edited, and are slowly moving on to the appropriate web pages of Nutrition Investigator. Any mistakes are my own, but I have done my best to capture relevant exciting information I learned at this conference.


The Epidemic of Diabetes and Obesity - Adult-Onset Diabetes has been renamed Type II diabetes because it now occurs in so many adolescents.

Year
% of overweight kids
kids with type II diabetes
% of those who are severely obese
1971
14%
5.9 million
10%
2002
31%
13 million
30%

Physical Education in schools has declined by 20%
25% of veggies consumed in the US are French fries
10% of girls' calories come from pop.

WHERE KIDS (about ages 11-17) GET THEIR CALORIES

Source of calories
Rank in where kids' calories come from in the US
soft drinks

1
cake 2
burgers 3
pizza 4
chips 5
rice 6
rolls 7
cheese 8
beer 9
fries 10


Consuming whole grains instead of refined grains in cereal, bread, and other foods will provide 30-40% reduction in Coronary heart disease.

For a great explanation of abdominal fat "apple-shaped" obesity vs. "pear-shaped" fat buttocks and thighs, please see All Obesity Is Not Created Equal; Paul J. Rosch Science; 5 September 2003; 301: 1325
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