{"id":13017,"date":"2011-02-08T12:15:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13017"},"modified":"2011-02-08T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T18:43:06","slug":"killer-at-large-why-obesity-is-americas-greatest-threat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13017","title":{"rendered":"Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America’s Greatest Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Rule:<\/em> always marinade a steak overnight. It makes it so soft and tender and the flavors were magnificent. The soy sauce and balsamic made it sweet but the seasoning and garlic made it savory. So good. The side dishes were steamed broccoli and baked sweet potato.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I did better with eating a proper serving size (despite what the poor photo may portray) and everything about the food combination was delicious.<\/p>\n

After dinner it was time to take the kitties to the vet. They were due for their updated vaccines. It’s an ordeal. Maya (who hides under the bed at all times) acts like she’s being murdered when I take her to the vet.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Both kitties did well. Fat Kitty has lost a pound since his last annual visit. He’s 15.2 pounds. Maya is 9 pounds. The only thing Fat Kitty likes about going to the vet is time to explore all the nooks and crannies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I was conflicted about which vaccines to get the kitties. They are 100% indoor cats except for the once a year I take them to the vet. It seems like a traumatizing experience for them and I asked the vet if it was necessary for them to continue with vaccines since they are indoors only. I read conflicting opinions on this subject and a lot of times I felt like the veterinarians are trying to up-sell me. Most of the time it’s the same feeling I get at an auto shop. Last night the vet I saw was honest and said most aren’t necessary for indoor cats but rabies and distemper were good ones. I got those taken care of and luckily they are both for 3 years. Trauma over.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Poor babies! Back home they bolted out of their carriers and hid. I started reading the new book I got at the library, ironically about vaccines. “The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear<\/a>” by Seth Mnookin.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s a good book! I read 100 pages last night before bed because I was having a hard time putting the book down. It’s really interesting: “In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause autism. The media seized hold of the story and launched one of the most devastating health scares ever.”\u00a0 Wakefield was later revealed to be a profiteer <\/strong>in league with class-action lawyers<\/strong>, he would eventually lose his medical license but the damage was done:\u00a0 celebrities like Oprah and Jenny McCarthy promoted it as medical fact, despite the fact that there was no link in childhood vaccines and autism. Yet the myth lives on…<\/p>\n

The book is so interesting and he goes through history talking about the start of vaccinations, the trials and errors, Jonas Salk and more recent vaccine scandals. I’ve always been curious about diseases, Third-World countries devastated by things like Ebola and such. At one point in my life I tried to get a job at the CDC but really…who wants to live in Atlanta? I mean with all the zombies there taking over the city…<\/p>\n

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The Walking Dead<\/p><\/div>\n

Killer at Large<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Recently I tried to watch the documentary “Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America’s Biggest Threat<\/a>.” I wanted to like the documentary. Supersize me was a fun but shocking movie. I’ve heard good things about Food Inc (haven’t seen it yet). Killer at Large had <\/strong>to be good too.<\/p>\n

I was really disappointed. Not in the content of the movie but in the quality of the production. I’ve tried three separate times now to finish watching the movie but the music that is played THE WHOLE TIME is overpowering and distracting to the point where it’s hard to hear what is being said by the experts! Poor editing! Who made this movie? I’ve given up trying to finish the DVD but the topic is still something really important to me.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re getting fatter and it\u2019s killing us \u2013 worse yet, it\u2019s killing our children<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The most shocking scene was when an obese 12 year old girl got liposuction. I was horrified watching it. Where are her parents? Why aren’t they teaching her healthy eating habits, helping her learn how to eat RIGHT and why in god’s name are they giving in to whatever food whims their daughter wants? That’s just bad parenting. Parents: stop eating junk food, stop serving your kids junk food, teach them portion control and exercise more–as a family!<\/p>\n

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The other downside of the movie is how heavily they tried to tie in terrorism, 9\/11 and all that stuff with obesity. I just don’t see the correlation.<\/p>\n

The movie claims obesity (and its related diseases) cost taxpayers $117 billion dollars in 2002 and are estimated to kill more than 100,000 Americans a year. Where are we headed? A world where the majority of the population has to take insulin shots. A world where the life expectancy of children is lower than their parents\u2019<\/strong>. That\u2019s exactly where we\u2019re headed, according to the documentary.<\/p>\n

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The movie\u00a0 estimate that 44-45% percent of school-aged children will be insulin-dependent diabetics within 10 years<\/strong> at current rates and that we, as a nation, are 5 billion pounds overweight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As for Brooke, the 12 year old that got liposuction? She gained back the 35 pounds of fat sucked out of her and went to Mexico with her parents to get another weight loss surgery.<\/p>\n

Sad.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Have you seen the documentary? What did you think?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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