the obesity epidemic is a most important international health problem. let me though that tony and tell us a little research hold it this will enable me staying. just from the fact that a. man made tragedy. earlier my life. i thought that my way it was all my fault. i felt like a failure. and frankly unworthy. and i took me a while to really start questioning those beliefs and challenging those thoughts

like well are you really a failure and the answer is no i'm not i'm not but it took awhile to get to that point. obesity a blob of our era's fantasies caught in a web of prejudice it prompts scolding for poor choices and accusations of laziness and impotent genes provide an alibi. for what if obesity were a collective failure not an individual one the symptom of a free market that hates fat that produces fatsos and obesity genic society. it's a global phenomenon not one country has halted it. right

now there are 2000000000 people adults and children who are overweight or obese this doesn't happen by magic it takes a book and we're going to look at her and his that is driving the process well otherwise we'll live in societies in which you know one out of every 3 people has diabetes where everybody is obese where people are dying of stroke and heart attack at age 40 i mean that the choice is an obvious one if we don't do something we will collapse as societies not just in america but in mexico and russia and china and europe it's happening everywhere. almost everywhere in the world men and women are battling this fate political leaders physicians regular citizens they brave the multinationals. we truly believe that the industry is wrong and that they're poisoning and targeting people and people need to know about

it. the. wielding the weapons of law science and public policy they want to help us regain control of our bodies. in the 1st years of the 21st century western countries declared war on obesity to no avail. experts estimate that by 2030 there will be 250000000 obese children in the world. if our government's taken the right track. at least 2 sides of men and women in the u.k. are overweight. right still on.

the basis of soft changing impacts on the ball and slowly lower your quality of life. according to the messages spread far and wide we alone are to blame for our weight fat people are simply gluttons unable to control their appetites. you have a choice to make the change. we are told it's up to us but is it really. for me the most difficult stigma to cope is this idea that the people of no will power the people in larger bodies people don't have a well power earle's they wouldn't carry excess weight because we're told so often that that's all it takes to lose weight go to the gym follow this diet program you

know if you just stick to it you'll get their. public health officials were sure that a little personal willpower was all it would take to slay obesity eat less exercise more became the mantra of the 2 thousands it would go around the world. so let's start moving let's start pushing twisting climbing and raising the roof let's start moving more every day for 30 minutes or 60 and if you feel like stopping you can always start back up let's start moving to it's so easy for us to look at a person and say they have such willpower they're so moral and strong and then look at someone with a weight problem and attribute all of these negative traits oh they're just weak they don't have willpower it's not at the individual level it's not individual

willpower and if we go on believing that will never change this obesity epidemic hey everybody you know getting active every day helps us all be healthy and feel great. to say most earnest advice about exercise is profit with the best intentions in 2010 michelle obama launched a campaign against childhood obesity do you think you 1st maybe let her sassy sashing to move you. body aiming to set healthier standards for food served in school lunch when. we send our kids to school we have a right to expect that they won't be eating the kind of the soul tea sugary foods that we're trying to keep them when they're at home unfortunately you know michelle obama was on the right track right from the beginning and i think she got the railed by mixture of bad advice and by bringing in the food the food companies and they were able to dilute

a very powerful message down to something where you know it's just her own take television encouraging people to talk about way rather than let's move together. as a movement to be able to transform the food system. better became more. be on c easily upstaged the public service message to. build. a boon to the multinationals who quickly joined the dance in 2015 coca-cola created the global energy balance network a worldwide think tank dedicated to solving the obesity problem. by promoting exercise. most of the folks in the popular media and in the scientific press is over eating too much eating too much eating too much blaming fast food blaming sugary drinks and so on and there's really virtually no compelling evidence that in

fact there's a cause professor steve blair is one of the head researchers recruited for the network he's a specialist in physical exercise but maybe the reason they're eating more calories than the deed is because they're not burning man so we need to be in vallance this is. it does not ok because and he also told us. when i. say. yes donna just put your the phone. just. here's how that translates into marketing which is. just beyond the industry has been focused on the story of calories in calories out you can drink what you want just go go on a jog and work off your calories well we know that actually is not true that's not

the true story. that's actually to avoid we gain we would simply have to burn the same number of calories as we eat the theory sounds logical unfortunately it isn't true physical exercise actually plays a minor role in weight control you have to jog for one hour to eliminate a hamburger a pizza though requires you for 2 hours of running. if you look at it from a calorie perspective that is from accumulation equals sort of calories in minus calories out of the say well that's always true because if you look at from a physics perspective that is always true but the problem is the physics and we're dealing with human physiology it really has nothing to do with each other. i think we should take the focus off of calories yes you can eat less and lose weight for a short while but your body will fight back and over the long term we know that

metabolism is stronger than willpower. all right if individual willpower is not to blame what caused the steep rise in the obesity curve starting in the 1980. so what's the difference between 197-2019 well i don't think it's the basic biology of the person but it's something to do with the way that we both that the. types of food and the frequency of the foods that we eat. in 40 years our eating habits and undergone a real revolution fomented by public health policies of the late 1970 s. at the time cardiovascular disease was the grim reaper causing millions of deaths. the senate special committee on nutrition is looking into the connection between diet and hot disease. the sugar lobby succeeded in having

a high fat diet declared guilty a false verdict that had serious consequences public health officials recommended that we reduce our intake offense grains touted as cholesterol free replace meat as a staple food. and so eating more brad more rice market tadros for example because they're very low fat and you know eating less dairy less meat low fat dairy back are nothing that was the standard advice for so many years and i think that is the most likely culprit as to why people have gained weight the u.s. government called on the food industry to market thousands of processed foods that were reduced in fat and saturated fat so if you're the food industry and you're supposed to reduce fat what are you going to replace them with well processed grains and sugar. industry sleight of hand made the transition painless sugar

a cheap replacement for fat made light foods tasty and addictive chemists went to work extruding ingredients in the supermarket shelves filled with attractively package starch and reprocess to spread cornflakes and convenience students. in a sense the food industry did what they were told they were happy to do it because sugar is actually cheaper than fat so they could increase the price. and call these products health. public alternately paid the price. true and then you really can't do one in 4 children here right now is overweight one of the big reasons without thinking we give them play skits sweets crisps and chocolate every day. for eating excessive sugar causes deep dysfunctions inside our bodies starting with the hormone imbalance.

when you eat certain hormones go up and the main hormone that's involved in energy metabolism is insulin insulin determines where the calories we eat get burned or get stored as fat. yeah the corporate parasites in power today might think their its role will continue forever whether they're right or wrong we have to keep fighting question more. questions earth's new question. numbers as stars and endless as the sea. brings all it's just it's death. remains in question.

could you source a story about the fact that delayed maxwell will likely take others doubt i guarantee you there's a lot more going on. in our nation's capital this is the news with rick sanchez and protesters who are not happy this is what we're going to drill down on right here on the news breaks and where we really do believe it's time to do news again. this type of american is doing very well but then there's these guys over here who aren't doing so well but if you drill down to look at the real numbers especially the rent numbers right it's pretty bad there's people who are not paying their rent and say they're not going to be able to pay their rent for the foreseeable future. glucose sugar that is fuels nearly all living cells when we eat our pancreas secretes insulin. and this insulin is what

transports sugar to ourselves. when our diets are heavy in foods that are starchy and sweet like processed foods in fact our insulin levels are constantly high. with too much insulin our fat cells the fat tissue in our body takes out children in calories and holds on to them so there aren't enough. as for the rest of the body there aren't enough calories for the loss for the organs in the brain. and that's why we get hungry. these highly processed foods fast foods sugary beverages junk foods that we're snacking on they digest very quickly but they don't provide much sit tight so it's these processed carbohydrates the driveway.

despite the negative impact these ultra processed foods have on a metabolism nothing has stopped their spread. it's profitable to sell food as he's fast and sugary and solti and addictive it's much less profitable. for it is wholesome that is high in fiber. is minimally processed so what's driving the obesity epidemic it's corporate profits. this dietary revolution has sponsored empires nestle you know the coca-cola kellogg's pepsi co. currently a handful of huge corporations own nearly every brand of food. together they pull in $500000000000.00 in annual sales and have taken control of our dinner plates.

food there's a huge sector of our society it's not only the food companies it's not just the nestle's and van jones and cokes and pepsis it's the food retailers it's the wal marts and car reformers it's the agribusiness is there are huge that control all the supplies of commodities and then it's also the marketers it's all the advertisers making money from marketing junk food and beverages to people so we're talking about methods of mass subs. component of our society is focused on selling the world unhealthy food and beverages. the stewed multinationals have a secret weapon price the products they sell are up to 60 percent cheaper than fresh foods the shoppers with the smallest budgets stock up. these low income consumers sitting ducks are the primary victims of the system.

the helton family lives in one of washington's poorest neighborhoods a few miles from the white house. fresh produce is nearly impossible to find within walking distance. of the business at. a standstill over. here that may. or forgot your birth in washington's wealthier areas the city rate is 10 percent here it is 642 percent of the population. today's menu features notches ground beef and tomato sauce with extra sugar garnished with sour cream. is one of the best that he is

ever appeared to camille in the findings that we could turn. that down i will now down the jesus name we pray amen amen brother. that was. a locally owned family restaurants have abandoned the hamiltons inner city neighborhood fast food chains rushed in to fill the vacuum. their impact is multiplied by an implacable marketing strategy that starts on the street corner . the food industry says that your fault but the reality is they've changed the whole food environment they've created a food environment worth every place you turn if it's on your smartphone if it's on seeing a billboard it's seeing any kind of advertised land it's watching television or

movies you see there are junk food being pushed. to manipulation starts with the children and. the scientific studies show there is a direct link between the ads children see and the types of food they like to eat. the world health organization recommends regulating food commercials on t.v. but the industry is ingenuous it infiltrates new areas like social networks or online games. that's what marketing is supposed to do that's what it's designed to do they're very good at it. so the marketing was successful the question is. was it helpful to my health. slick

marketing hides the fact that junk food caused this one of the most devastating diseases that exists diabetes. today it kills one person every 6 seconds around the world. 25 years ago if i told you that i have an 18 year old patient in my clinic with type 2 diabetes you would have said oh my gosh it's incredible it's so rare and so strange. now it's very commonplace that young people children have type 2 diabetes. girls were like fighting a war at home. it's heartbreaking it's unfair it's unjust people are making money off of this suffering it's preventable it's it's dehumanizing to ignore it it's inhumane to ignore it.

kinney age 14 and willy 15 must take diabetes medication daily for killing them. it's actually. going away and in a country like mine we don't give them health insurance and they've got the diabetes and they have the hypertension we're killing a generation of poor. one of every 2 african-american children will develop diabetes one of every 5 african american children is obese the rate is even higher among hispanics. a young woman spoke out and triggered a rebellion. likely to still slaves today i decided to write to me really isn't my day to day. there was a 1000000 things. and then there was flour sugar karjakin it

was more stark lake house. i heard a young woman who was 16 at the time and she performed a poem that even now it made made the hair on my arm stand up. and for the 1st time i saw a young person describing the obesity and diabetes epidemic as a social problem and i realized that she in a way is a much more effective messenger than i ever could be. the 1st even now that is why. it's like. dean's. is cordoning the energy. his nonprofit youth speaks writing workshops

for young people in the area. he wants to use rap spoken word to raise consciousness and fork food industry propaganda. this idea that they were being lied to. that's what inspired them to become change agents that's what turned their pom from being a piece of art into a weapon. armed with talent and a video camera they launched an awareness campaign called the bigger picture. so for me each one of those films as a stone. that we were throwing. at the water hole and trying to see which one could make the biggest way. i. want to. be wilting was to wake up time to walk to the bus pass the liquor stores gas cop

buy past the 1st burger king study into the 2nd burger king order my favorite round hash browns and last again brown body. and i don't know if we love burger king i just love not being hungry. written and performed chiefly by young hispanics and african-americans the videos garnered over a 1000000 views on you tube. so i think awareness makes it possible for people to make choices. i think we're fighting to be heard. i think we're fighting to get the word out i mean we're fighting against interests that want to see us fail as long as spending money they don't sleep. with that the campaign to fight against them can't sleep. meanwhile 3000 miles away on the east coast another activist has risen up and coming. the podium to tell the community is being decimated and how.

this is a crisis in our community and for me it's a crisis because i'm finding that i'm losing more people to sweets than i am to the streets and i'm losing more people took diet related issues that i am to the streets to gun violence this is an epidemic and one that i'm deeply concerned about . are already in his combat against this evil reverend coates it's not inhibited by the conventions associated with his calling. this can of soda pop right there 39 grams of sugar 39 grams of sugar in one can of soda now how many teaspoons of sugar is that anyone will help. almost 10 teaspoons of sugar so i said well i want to see how much that is so pester cokes

actually major demonstration to an assignment. and so that tells me it was like so impactful because i just never realized how much sugar i was actually putting inside of my body every time i would drink a soda and so that i'm doing that at least $7.00 to $8.00 times per day. and maybe. this is how much sugar. is in just one drink. and our children are getting pre-diabetic by the ages of 19. borderline diabetes by the time to 13 years old and we are sabotaging the time a generation of our people because of sugar people were very shocked when he poured the sugar inside the glass they were like. this demonstration.

to show them what they probably should have learned right from childhood. i'm holland cook i invite you to climb with me a part of the mainstream media empire and from that higher fan to glimpse the big picture question more. like one of the hosts asked the question for the guests and then actually listen to the guests answer and then react to that that's a folks that are still are here i've got a new show. i

think the average viewer just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories there are critics chance to own you know why because their advertisers won't let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth archie's able to do that every story is built on going after the back story to what's really happening out there so the american public what's happening when a corporation makes a pharmaceutical chills people when a company in the environmental business ends up polluting a river that causes chancer and other illnesses they put all the health risk all the dangers out to the american public those are stories that we tell every week and you know what they're working.

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