How to Treat Diabesity and Its Burden on Our Country Today,
Bloomberg News reported that “the number of overweight children
in the U.S. has tripled since 1980, spurring a concurrent rise
in Type 2 diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in Atlanta.” The numbers are staggering
and weighing us down. Already the United States spends more on
health care than any other country on the planet. Our life
expectancy at birth, according to our very own CIA, ranks 50th
globally, and we lag in other important areas, like infant
mortality and preventable deaths. It’s time to get our game on.
How will we be able to compete on the global stage in the 21st
century if we are this sick? With a growing percentage of our
GDP tied up in managing disease, that means there is less to
spend on our core competencies, the things that make our country
great – like innovation, technology, education and
entrepreneurship. The direct and indirect costs of diabetes
alone amounted to an estimated $174 billio