Fit Family: The Dimension of Prevention
Today the American healthcare system has been in the forefront of a rising storm but a tsunami may be brewing with the health of all Americans.Today we live with the largest epidemic in our midst.The epidemic of obesity encompasses the wider concerns of an unhealthy lifestyle, poor nutrition, lack of leisurely activity, prevention education and relatively little in developing a real "culture of wellness". It seems that the frightening statistics that 66% of Americans are obese or overweight, that over 300,000 die annually from obesity at a cost of some $350 billion dollars has done little to change rising statistics. But, what is more troublesome is that obesity is the primary cause for a number of diseases including heart disease, stroke, heart attacks, high blood pressure, diabetes,cancer(colon,prostate, breast,throat, uterine) lung diseases(asthma and sleep apnea),gastric-reflux disease,liver disease, gallbladder disease and stones,osteoarthritis,gout, polycystic ovarian...