Complete video at: fora.tv New York City Commissioner of Health Thomas R. Frieden outlines his goals for reducing America’s obesity epidemic. —– Thomas R. Frieden, the commissioner of the New York City Dept. of Health discusses the structure of the US Health Care System and interventions that can be taken to prevent important health issues like tobacco use and obesity. Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, has served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2002. Dr. Frieden has worked as an epidemiologist, administrator, teacher, researcher, clinician, and community organizer. His top priorities are to strengthen systems to accurately monitor the health of New Yorkers and to use this information to work with communities to improve their health. A graduate of Oberlin College, Dr. Frieden received degrees in Medicine and Public Health from Columbia University. He completed specialty training in Internal Medicine at Columbia and subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases at Yale University.
McDonald’s nutritionist is like a Vatican astronomer.
Politicians always need to hyperbolize every issue as a “crisis” or “epidemic” or “emergency”. They are brainless fanatic shitheads, as are the subhuman garbage that votes for them.
The obesity “epidemic” is just more bullshit. Meanwhile, the politicians refuse to do anything about real crises, such as anthropogenic global warming (AGW).
Obesity is a side issue. Yes, problems exist with being fat, both health and caused by prejudices from others.
The main issue = veganism for animal rights. I have been vegan since 1984 to prevent innocent cows, pigs, chickens (all of whom are vegetarian themselves) from needlessly being bred and murdered.
I am fat. Lack of exercise due to arthritis.
Help solve the Peta X-Meat Prize to genetically engineer synthetic meat without breeding an entire consious animal!
Is there really an “obesity epidemic”?
I agree that out of shape people need to be shamed into health – especially if congress passes this monstrosity of a health care bill. If I have to pay into a system, then people are going to stop being pigs and couch potatoes.
I agree with anonymous915. It’s always difficult to draw the line when you have to have SOME of it, but can’t have ALL you want.
Furthermore, the thing wtih smoking is that it’s being advertised less and less and less. Junk food ads are constantly in your face. This makes weight loss for children particularly difficult as they are easily impressionable.
There is a difference between smoking and eating – one you never have to do again – but one can never stop eating. It’s much easier to quit something you never have to touch again. BTW we’ve had presidents that were 300#s.
harsh as it may sound, obesely fat people should be villified and marginalized in the manner that smokers were and are so treated and there would be a real change…there is no secret…less calories in less weight on. other than will power there’s no difference between smoking and eating like a pig. i’m prepared for the harsh comments and treatment…i used to smoke.
Intriguing approach. Or maybe again…the human evolution process is circular and the cycle repeats itself taking into account what you alluded to on this subject. Once determined, what are the causes? Climatic, cyclamatic? what?
solution: eat real, whole foods.
ex: fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts, olive oil…
don’t eat: Silicon Dioxide
no time to cook is not an excuse. get some yogurt, strawberries and granola. throw it in a bowl and viola.
count nutrients as much as calories.
we have nothing to worry about with the Obesity epidemic – we have enough incompetnecy within the medical community to kill us all quicker than any FAT may do.
The rats are jumping ship.
CHEMRISK – a research company hired by the Corn Refiners has recently taken down it’s YouTube page.
The removal was in response to negative public perception resulting from the high-fructose corn syrup ad campaign. Apparently it has become a liability to defend the sweetener.
See one of the last remaining ChemRisk videos at CornRefinersAssoc on YouTube.
If it were so simple, why can’t they just follow the same healthy diet? Apparently, because it isn’t that simple. Being fat is – statistically – irreversible in the majority of cases. Battle lost… Instead, you need to educate children so that they won’t become fat in the first place. That’ seems to be the only chance….
In my childhood and early teens, I was presumably exposed to the same “toxic” and “addictive” foods that everyone else was, but that didn’t prevent me from switching to an extremely healthy diet as soon as I could pay for my own food. Assuming I have the same brain and physiology as the “food addicts,” there’s no reason they shouldn’t be able to make the same choice.
Apparently lots. This is why obesity is spreading so quickly. People like you and I are becoming increasingly rare. Some people have no self-control, which means that flashy advertising and sweet foods are as addictive as crack cocaine.
Humans evolved to eat everything they could and store fat. This made sense in our hunter-gatherer days when food was scarce. Agriculture (especially the agricultural revolution) changed this. We are dealing with the consequences of our past.
What prevents anyone else from choosing to be an exception?
That’s great, but you are the exception….. not the rule.
Make your own bread with whole wheat (non bleached flour) If you don’t know how to do it, look it up on here. It’s easy and fun as well.
Refined sugar acts like a drug. MSG and aspartame are excitotoxins that alter brain chemistry and cause us to eat more. We are not exercising “choices” when we ingest addictive products any more than a smokers are exercising a choice when they reach for a cigarette. Willpower’s not the answer — there’s a clear reason why our nation is becoming exponentially fatter. The obesity epidemic has a lot more to do with our toxic food supply than it does with misguided choices. Wake up, people.
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So what prevents anyone else who was exposed to exactly the same commercials I was from making the same choices I did?
The anti-obesity movement infuriates me for the same reason that every other it’s-for-your-own-good movement infuriates me: it implies a condescending disrespect for the right of the individual to choose EXACTLY his own style of being, right down to the last quirk, the last vice, the last oddity. Protecting children from commercials? I watched a lot of TV as a kid, presumably saw the same junk food commercials as everyone else, and proceeded to become an exercise fanatic. Personal choice.
they measure body fat, there’s no gene that makes you naturally fat. You can’t eat non-fat food and excersize and increase your body fat. Case closed.
Oh yeah, and another thing.
Eat a freaking apple once in your life.
You know, crap that grows on a tree.
Not a piece of lard in a plastic bag.
Stop drinking so much goddamn soda.
I drink tea and put in REAL sugar only as much as I want and I’m thin as a rail.
I belief the obesity statistics of 2/3rds are true. Maybe you don’t see all the obese people because they stay indoors.
“Sunlight is a great disinfectant”
Great quote. It’s funny. That’s the third time I’ve heard it today on youtube!