Weight gain in the American population 1960-2000

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19. 1980..the year USDA declared war on fat and cholesterol

So they took the fat out of food and replaced it with sugar in its many forms and we get to where we are today.

Type 2 diabetes epidemic that alone will bankrupt this nation in another 50 years or so.

http://professional.diabetes.org/admin/UserFiles/0%20-%20Sean/FastFacts%20March%202013.pdf


Explosion of obesity...

U.S. Obesity Rate Climbing in 2013
Increases across almost all demographic groups

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The adult obesity rate so far in 2013 is 27.2%, up from 26.2% in 2012, and is on pace to surpass all annual average obesity rates since Gallup-Healthways began tracking in 2008.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/165671/obesity-rate-climbing-2013.aspx

We need to end The War on Fat just like we need to end The War on Marijuana!

http://www.shape.com/blogs/weight-loss-coach/should-we-really-end-war-fat

It seems this all began in 1980 when the USDA issued its first dietary guidelines, and one of the key messages was to avoid cholesterol and fat of all sorts. That same year the government announced the results of a $150 million study that encouraged Americans to eat less fat and cholesterol to reduce their risk of a heart attack, and the National Institutes of Health also jumped on the bandwagon, recommending that all Americans over the age of 2 reduce their fat intake.

However, over the last decade or so researchers began to state otherwise, concluding that there was no significant evidence that saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Most recently a meta-analysis that I blogged about in March reached the same conclusions, as well as revealing that the intake of polyunsaturated fats (the supposedly heart healthy ones) also had no effect on heart disease.