States Starving For Obesity Funding As Citizens Get Fatter, NACDD Says

A ray of hope.

"'The problem is that while many states across the nation have excellent obesity plans, they are starving for resources as our citizens get fatter.'"

It is not a "problem."

It is a gift that they "are starving for resources," so the citizens can be protected from them.

That "many states across the nation have excellent obesity plans" is crap.

The plans are by and large likely to be based on the mistaken assumptions of the past and if implemented will fail with certainty.

"'As this report points out, we now have a growing evidence base to take on this important public health problem,' said Dr. Marcus Plescia, NACDD board member and North Carolina representative member, who was involved in the report's review."

"...we NOW have a growing evidence base to take on this important public health problem"?

Where have this unaware expert and the rest of them been for the last couple of decades?

Or this one.

"'Obesity is a complex disease and it will only get better when communities have multi-faceted interventions in place to help people make better choices related to exercise and diet,' said John Robitscher, NACDD executive director. 'The time to act is now, before too long the compounding costs of this epidemic will overwhelm an already fragile and fragmented healthcare system.'"

Hey, John. Obesity is neither a "disease" nor is it "complex."

You don't understand it. You will never overcome it.

The time to act was long ago, not "the time to act is now."

You persist in screwing up.

And these conditions will only "overwhelm an already fragile and fragmented healthcare system," if we pay for them.

If you don't want to "cripple the U.S. health care system," stop wasting misdirected resources on these folks and give them the truth and tools to get un-overweight and un-obese.

Do the country a favor and step aside.

Overweight and obesity are not diseases.

You and the rest of the experts are the disease, not the cure.