Hoewisch Family Chiropractic » San Jose Chiropractor Asks: Is Obesity A National Epidemic? http://www.mysanjosechiropractor.com Get Your Life Back Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:30:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 San Jose Chiropractor Asks: Is Obesity A National Epidemic? http://www.mysanjosechiropractor.com/chiropractic/obesity-a-national-epidemic http://www.mysanjosechiropractor.com/chiropractic/obesity-a-national-epidemic#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:45:15 +0000 author http://mysanjosechiropractor.com/chiropractic/obesity-a-national-epidemic As a San Josechiropractor and healthcare provider, I would be remiss if I didn’t address the vital issue of excess weight and how it negatively affects every part of the human body. I explain the health challenges to my overweight patients and hammer away on the subject in my blogs because in addition to the cardio-vascular diseases caused by obesity, much of the back pain, hip pain, and knee pain that people experience is influenced by the undue stress excess weight puts on the joints of the body. And, though it may not surprise you, an expert panel in a report out just today said that people in this country must slash their calories and increase physical activity because the obesity epidemic is “the single greatest threat to public health in this century.”

We all know that dieting isn’t easy, but the advisory committee for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans gave this clear-cut advice: “People in this country need to cut the calories they consume from added sugars and solid fats (butter, marbled meats) and start eating a more nutrient-rich, plant-based diet.”

The report called for many changes in the food environment. To read more, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-06-15-

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