When American's health care CEOs got together recently to try and make sense of the health care issues, their top concerns were not universal health coverage, medical mistakes or even Medicare and Medicaid. The #1 topic was obesity!
That makes sense. Because without addressing obesity, all the facts and figures on health are meaningless.
Obesity, of course, is a giant driver of rising health-care costs. Novartis Chief Executive Daniel Vasella explained that two-thirds of Americans over 20 years old are obese, “and their children are becoming obese now.” The long-term impact on heart disease, joint disease and numerous other health problems is immense, Dr. Vasella said.
The executives said obesity should be the top priority of the nation's surgeon general.
Now is the time to let your President, Congress and local elected officials that we need to stop obesity in the United States.
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