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To: Neocon who wrote (118118)	10/31/2003 7:31:57 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 281500

The funny thing is that the heatwave <Losing my temper> You dare keep coming up with this stupid heatwave topic? You'd like some mudslinging? Ok, here's my standard response. Obesity Top Health Problem in U.S., Agency Head Says By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent Tue Oct 28, 2003 5:34 PM ET news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity is the No. 1 health threat in the United States today, the head of the leading U.S. federal health agency said on Tuesday. While much of her time is spent preparing to fight anthrax, smallpox, and biological threats, and diseases like SARS and West Nile virus, Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention Director Dr. Julie Gerberding, said Americans are much more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes caused by smoking, eating too much and exercising too little. "Unfortunately, poor diet and a lack of exercise have almost caught up with tobacco as being the leading cause of death in the United States," Gerberding told a meeting of the National Health Council, which groups companies and non-profit health advocacy organizations. She cited statistics that show 65 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. In 2000, 38.8 million American adults were classified as obese, meaning their health is seriously at risk. "In three states, 25 percent of adults are obese -- not overweight but obese," Gerberding said. The three states are Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia. "It is a catastrophe in our country." She showed a graph of the leading causes of death in the United States. Heart disease is first, followed by cancer, stroke, lung disease and accidents. Obesity is a leading cause of the first three and, she said, bioterrorism is nowhere to be seen among the top 10 causes of death. ... You say the 10,000 heat wave deaths in France are a result of "socialism"? Then I say that 1.7 million deaths/year in the USA - source: #reply-19433745 - are the result of the "all you can eat" freedom to stuff oneself with junk food. Quite some progress of "pro-business" behavior compared to "socialism". I can counter any "Old Europe" bashing with twice as much or twice as bad USA bashing if that's what you and a couple of other neocons want. But where does it lead to? To nothing useful. It's a waste of time. If you and some others don't manage to think and express yourselves more intelligently, with less stereo-typing, it's time for me to leave FADG. </lost my temper>