we need to do something with ah ah, the obesity epidemic as the most important international health problem, let me thought that the new policy to waste code abyssal. and it's only thing different from the fact that it's a man made tragedy. earlier my life. i thought that my weight was all my fault. i felt like

a failure and frankly unworthy. ready and it took me awhile to really start questioning most 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 a while to get to that point. ah, obesity. a blob of our arrows fantasies caught in a web of prejudice. it prompts scolding for poor choices and accusations of laziness. omnipotent genes provide an alibi. but what if obesity were a collective failure or not an individual one? the symptom of a free market that hates fat, that produces fat so's an a b. so genic society or

it's a global phenomenon, not one country has halted. ah, right now there are 2000000000 people adults and children who are overweight or. busy obese, this only happens by magic, it takes work and you need to look at who it is, is driving that process. well, otherwise we're living 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, the choice is an obvious one. if we don't do something, we will collapse as society is not just in america, but in mexico, in russia and china in europe. it's happening everywhere. mm hm. almost everywhere in the world, men and women are battling this fate. political leaders, physicians, regular citizens. they brave the multinationals. mm mm. we

truly believe that the industry is wrong and that they're poisoning and targeting people, and people need to know about it. mm. wielding the weapons of law science and public policy, they want to help us regain control of our bodies. with in the 1st years of the 21st century western countries declared war on obesity due to no avail. experts estimate that by 2030 there will be 250000000 obese children in the world for governments taken the right tack. ah,

at least 2 thirds of men and women in the kite are overweight. right, i mean the bay city life changing impacts on the book. you can slowly lower your quality of life. mm. according to the messages spread far and wide, we alone are to blame for our wait. fat people are simply gluttons unable to control their appetites. you have a choice. make the change. ah, we are told it's up to us. but is it really? for me, the most difficult stigma to cope with is this idea that that people have no willpower. the people and larger bodies, people's obesity don't have

a well power or else 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 there for public health officials. we're sure you get a little personal will power was all it would take to slay obesity. needless exercise, more became the mantra of the 2 thousands. it would go around the world. ah, 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. it's so easy for us to look at a lean person and say, they have such will power. 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 will power. it's not at the individual level. it's not individual will power. 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. the same all ernest advice about exercise is proffered with the best intentions. in 2010, michelle obama launched a campaign against childhood obesity. you got your 1st lady meant her sassy, sashay to move embodied. 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 fatty salty, sugary foods that we're trying to keep from them when they're at home. unfortunately,

michelle obama was on the right track right from the beginning. and i think she got derailed by a mixture of bad advisors. and by bringing in the food, the food companies and they were able to dilute her very powerful message down to something where, you know, it's just her on to television, encouraging people to, to move that way rather than, let's move together. or as a movement to be able to transform the food system better became moved, more be on, say, easily upstage the public service messing with a boon to the multi nationals who quickly joined the dance in 2015. coca cola created the global energy balance network. a world wide think tank dedicated to solving the obesity problem. gets out by promoting exercise. most of the

focus in the popular media and in the scientific press is overheating too much eating too much eating too much. blaming fast food, blaming. sure, very drinks. and so, and there's really, fortunately no compelling evidence at that. in fact, there's a co professor, steve blair is one of the head researchers recruited for the network. he's a specialist in physical exercise and maybe the reason they're eating more calories than they need is because they're not burning many. so we need to be involved in this is cindy cancelled into here. okay. because any buses rolled over, i saw running back luke, i couldn't some color, don't get hold of me. did i say to? yes. understand. okay, well, i'll put you with, i just wanna say okay, here's how that translates into marketing with just wanna be okay. the industry has been focused on the story of calories and calories out on.

and you can drink what you want. just go, go on a job and work off your calories. well, we know that actually is not true. that's not the true story. allegedly, to avoid weight gain, we would simply have to burn the same number of calories as we eat. the theory sounds logical. unfortunately, it is untrue. physical exercise actually plays a minor role and weight control. you have to judge for one hour to eliminate a hamburger, a peak. so though requires over 2 hours of running. if you look at it from a calorie perspective, that is fat accumulation equals sort of calories in minus calories out. and they say, well that's always true because if you look at from, from a physics perspective, that is always true. but the problem is that that's physics and we're dealing with human physiology and 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 short while, but your body will fight back. and over the long term we know that metabolism is stronger than will power. mm hm. all right. if individual will power is not to blame what caused the steep rise in the obesity curve starting in the 1980s. 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 eat both the types of food and the frequency of the foods that we eat. moon, and 40 years our eating habits of undergone a real revolution fermented by public health policies of the late 19 seventies. at the time, cardiovascular disease was the grim reaper causing millions of deaths. ah,

the senate special committee on nutrition is looking into the connection between diet and hot with the sugar lobby succeeded in having a high fat diet declared guilty of false verdict that had serious consequences. public health officials recommended that we reduce our intake effects, grains touted as cluster all free, replaced meat as a staple food. and so eating more brad more rice more potatoes, for example, because they're very low fat and, you know, eating less dairy less meet low fat dairy. that kind of thing. that was the standard advice for so many years. and i think bad is the most likely culprit as to why people have gain weight u. s. government called on the food industry to market thousands of processed foods that were reduced in fat and saturated fat. so if in the food industry and you're supposed to reduce fat, what are you going to replace and left?

well processed grans and sugar ah, agro industry, slight of hand made the transition, painless, sugar, a cheap replacement for fat made light, food, tasty and addicted. timos went to work extruding, ingredients, supermarket shelves, filled with attractively package, starches, reprocessed, his bread, cornflakes, and convenience. oh. in a sense, the food industry did what they were told. now they were happy to do it because sugar is actually cheaper than fat. so they could increase their and call these products houses. public ultimately paid the price to $1.00, then you know, whether it's one in for children here right now is overweight. one of the big reasons without thinking we give them biscuits, suites,

christs and chocolate every day. 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 whether the calories we eat, get burned, or get stored as fat ah, ah, oil and gas manufacturing, electricity, telecomm, guys, quotation,

all of them now have your teeth type of infrastructure connected to the internet. well, you know, clearly realizing there's disruptive potential that those countries can't ignore it because it threatens national security issue. but if we take the nato, you countries virtually all of them subscribe to certain doctrines and maintains selling but task forces. they are a cyber army on behalf of the country. that's their job. to join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. but i'll be speaking to guess in the world of politics, sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. 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 and foods that are starchy and sweet by processed foods, in fact, our insulin levels are constantly high. with too much, insulin are fat cells. the fat tissue in our body takes up to many calories and holds on to them. so there aren't enough calories for the rest of the body. there aren't enough calories for the muscle from the organs in the brain. and that's why we get hungry. so these highly processed foods are fast. foods should read beverages, job foods that were snacking on. they die just very quickly that they don't provide much satiety. so it's these processed carbohydrates, the driveway. mm. despite the negative

impact, these ultra processed foods have on our metabolism. nothing has stopped their sprint with it's profitable to sell food. that is fatty and sugary and salty and addictive. is much less profitable to sell food that is wholesome, that is high in fiber and is minimally processed. so what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's corporate profit in this dietary revolution has fathered empires, nestle unilever, coca cola, kellogg's pepsico. 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.

ah, food is a huge sector of our society. it's not only that food company, it's not just the nest leaves and dan arms and cokes and pepsi's. it's the food retailers. it's the wal mart and curry force. it's the agribusinesses are huge that control all the supplies of commodities and then it also the marketers, it's all the advertisers making money from marketing junk food and beverages to people. so we're talking about massive, massive component of our society is focused on showing the world unhealthy food and beverages, food multi nationals have a secret weapon. price. the products they sell are up to 60 percent cheaper than fresh foods the shoppers, but the smallest budgets stuck up with these low income consumers sitting ducks

are the primary victims of the system. ah. the hamilton family lives in one of washington's poorest neighborhoods. a few miles from the white house a fresh produce is nearly impossible to find within walking distance. i even or from good in washington's wealthier areas, the city rate is 10 percent. here, it affects 42 percent of the population. oh, today's new features nato. ground beef and tomato sauce with extra sugar garnished

with sour cream. one of less the has ever appeared to meal in the body that will consume that die will not out be done and jesus name we do pray. emma, with a locally owned family restaurants, have abandoned the hamilton's inner city neighbourhood. fast food chains rushed in to fill the vacuum a. their impact is multiplied by an implacable marketing strategy that starts on the street corner. the food industry says it's your fault, but the reality is they've changed the whole food environment. they've created a food environment where every place you turn, if it's on your smartphone, if it's on seeing a billboard,

if it's seeing any kind of advertisement. if it's watching television or movies, you see their junk food being pushed. the manipulation starts with the children. ah, ah, scientific studies show there is a direct link between the ads, children, see, and the types of food they like to eat. ah, the world health organization recommends regulating food commercials on tv. but the industry is ingenuous. it infiltrates new areas, like social networks or online games. oh, that's what market he is supposed to do. that's what it's designed to do. they're very good at it. so the mark him was successful. the question is, was it helpful that my help ah,

slick marketing hides the fact that junk food cause is 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 olds, patient and my clinic with type 2 diabetes, you would have said, oh my gosh, it's incredible. it's so rare. it's so strain. now it's very commonplace that young people, children have type 2 diabetes. oh, we're like fighting a war at home. it's heart breaking. 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 in humane to ignore it. horse

kenny h 141 and willie 15 must take diabetes, medication daily or killing up it's. it's actually mass suicide in a way 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 ah, 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. we eat like li, phil slade. yesterday i decided to write down some a gritty is my day to day diet for that was a 1000000 thing back math for now. and then there was sugar flour,

sugar hijacking in oil pi, fruitful corn syrup, white powder, high fruit toast. pants are sugar, died on the 40 diagrams with you to die. i heard a young woman who was 16 at the time and she performed upon that even now it made the 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 despised. whether christopher, haven't juvenile diabetes, that by it's white day, it's like suicide. ah,

gene shillinger is coordinating the energy his non profit youth speaks whole to writing workshops for young people in the bay area. he wants to use wrap in spoken word to raise consciousness and thwart food and st propaganda. this idea that they were being lied to. that's what inspired them to become change agents. that's what turned their palm 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, i'm at the water hole and trying to see which one to make the biggest way. oh, well good middle, my debbie wilson was to wake up home, walked to the bus stop past mcdonalds, the liquor store is past papa,

past the 1st beggar kid for 38 to the 2nd burger t order, my favorite ra, hash brown, again brown bodies room and i don't know if we love burger king or just love not being hungry, written and performed chiefly by young hispanics and african americans. the videos garnered over a 1000000 views on youtube. 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, get the word out. i think we're fighting against interest that wants to see us fail as long as big so they're spending money and they don't sleep that the campaign to fight against them can't sleep. meanwhile, 3000 miles away on the east coast. another activist has risen up and come and dear

to podium, to tell a community it has been decimated and health. this is a crisis in our community. and for me as 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 already own in his combat against this evil, reverend coats is not inhibited by the conventions associated with his calling. then this can of soda palm right. there are 39 grams of sugar. 39 grams of sugar in one can of soda. no. how many teaspoons of sugar is that? anyone know how hulu? almost 10 d sponsors. i say, well,

i want to see how much that is. so pastor coats actually they have this major demonstration to an a sermon. and so that to me was like so impactful because i just never realized like how much sugar i was actually putting inside of my body. every time i would drink a soda. and so i'm doing that at least $7.00 to $8.00 times per day, 9 and maybe a half a. this is how much sugar is in just one drink. right. and our children are getting pre diabetic by the age of 9 in borderline diabetes. by the time that 13 years old and we are sabotage of an entire generation of our people because of sugar. people were very shocked. and when he poured the sugar inside the glass, they were like, oh,

this demonstration. show them what they probably should have learned like from childhood. ah, i mean, you must either so you deleted unless you want to talk to. we stand together. we'll continue to stand together against russia, even in germany. repeat some of the areas that we doubtless may say. notice if you need this chunky daughter, it's about their ability to influence other nations, france, u. k. and even latin america and other countries in future than maybe been where to high from cycle alone with members of your household. so please, please, please,

please. we are to continue to fight. don't you just need to do it. russia must not be allowed in germany. i don't want you to call me and leave it so short. so the innovation and the yes actually ended out the enough mrs. gun simple son's. ah, my view more broadly is that genocide has taken place far more than anyone acknowledges. right. it takes place frequently. it has taken place in virtually every country in the world. so why does it come to be called authors political will mobilization if you remember, wanda, nobody initially wanted to him or may knew it. genocide was taking place. nobody wanted to call it that eventually that label came to take place, but not at the time when events were unfolding. and part of our political ization

is if you say it's genocide, is suggest that you need to do something with ah, some of the top stories from us over the last 7 days, russia unveils a list of proposals to nato, for maintaining joint security with moscow's deputy foreign minister saying of the ball is now in the alliance, is court. when it comes to de escalation over ukraine. the pentagon said none of its personnel would be held liable for the botch to drones strike in afghanistan last summer, which killed 10 civilians including 7 children. we heard from a grieving relative.