Obesity and overweight levels are soaring
According to some studies, if no action is taken, by 2050, 70% of men and 60% of women, and 50% of children will be obese in the United States.
In the U.S.A, action to address the lack of calorie information in restaurants is backed by the Food and Drug Administration’s Obesity Working Group, The American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, The American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association (Friedman, 2008). California has legislation requiring calorie counts on chain restaurant menus and menu boards (CSPI Newsroom, September 2008). The local health authorities for New York City and Seattle have also enacted legislation.
Unfortunately, besides the effort with the Obesity concerns, none of these organizations took the necessary steps to create an awareness campaign about the carcinogens produced by a bad grilling method and its consequences as one of the largest causes of different types of Cancer.
- 58% of Type 2 diabetes, 21% of heart disease and between 8% and 42% of certain cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon) are attributable to excess body fat.
- The cost of dealing with the many effects of obesity runs into billions of dollars each year.
- There is not a variety or abundance of healthy restaurants available, food eaten outside the home is a contributing factor to poor diet.
- Enough offer of healthy restaurants, food eaten out of the home is contributing to poor diet.
- Menu items in popular US chain restaurants are often high in calories, saturated fat, salt, sugar and carcinogens.
In the U.S.A, action to address the lack of calorie information in restaurants is backed by the Food and Drug Administration’s Obesity Working Group, The American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, The American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association (Friedman, 2008). California has legislation requiring calorie counts on chain restaurant menus and menu boards (CSPI Newsroom, September 2008). The local health authorities for New York City and Seattle have also enacted legislation.
Unfortunately, besides the effort with the Obesity concerns, none of these organizations took the necessary steps to create an awareness campaign about the carcinogens produced by a bad grilling method and its consequences as one of the largest causes of different types of Cancer.