What to do about obesity

“May you live all the days of your life.” — Jonathan Swift

Life is too precious to be squandered and therefore your role is not just to preserve life, but to improve your well-being and that of your family members to achieve the most out of what life has to offer.  In so doing you will provide a legacy of good health for future generations to embrace.

In bypassing the precepts of good health, you emotionally and financially burden your friends, loved ones, and society with unbearable costs. It is estimated that between now and the year 2025, over $2,000,000,000,000.00 (that is 2 trillion) will be spent on preventable diseases.  Stacked one-dollar bill upon another dollar bill until the total sum is reached would go from the surface of the earth to the surface of the moon.  I think we can do better than that.  It is time to save a few bucks.

There is a full range of questions need to be answered to solve the problem of obesity!

1. What did humankind eat one million years ago and why does it matter?

2. What influence does agriculture have on our diet and obesity?

3. Does obesity begin in infancy?

4. Are breast-fed babies more or less obese later in life than are bottle-fed?

5. What role in obesity does genetics play?

6. Do parents and relatives contribute to the problem of obesity?

7. Why is obesity dangerous?

8. How is obesity linked to diseases such as breast cancer and Type II Diabetes?

9. Is Type II Diabetes as dangerous as cancer and can it be prevented?

10. Why do most diets fail?

11. How important is exercise in the scheme of losing weight?

12. What is the minimum amount of weekly exercise needed to lose weight?

13. What is the minimum amount of exercise required to maintain weight?

14. Is there a role for medication in the task of losing weight?

15. What is the role of surgery for the extremely obese individual?

16. How can I be successful and losing and keeping weight off?

17. What are my options for exercise in obtaining my goal of losing weight?

18. Is there an effective diet that will help me to achieve my goals?

19. Who will bear the financial burden of obesity related diseases?

20. Should the federal government play a role in the problem of obesity?

21. Should private business be involved in setting standards since they are often involved in the cost of health care plans?

22. Should over-weight individuals pay higher health insurance premiums?

23. Can you beat the problem of obesity once and for all?

24. Will you join me, Lisa, and others on this site in fighting and defeating the problem of obesity?

“The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.” — Abraham Lincoln

Thank you for joining with me in this battle that we will win together!

Dr. Philip