Yeah, they really give a shit !!
Hey Folks,
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Obesity and tobacco and carbohydrates and red meat, etc. are big, bad no-no’s! I'll grant that.
And our guardians in the corporations and the political class are worried sick about us, our longevity and health and welfare and happiness because of that.
Bullshit!!
It is perfectly clear that the only thing those shitheads care about is making money. They don’t want us fat, smoking, or Big Mac-devouring WHILE we’re still WORKING for THEM. After that we can die as soon as possible, please.
If you don’t think so, read the article below and ask yourself which angle seems to take precedence. In every media commentary I’ve ever heard on health, relative to numerous “bad habits,” it’s always been the same. The underlying drive for "health" is: keep the slaves healthy and providing greater profits for the master.
Look at the Medieval Church. It strenuously prohibited suicide, punishing the despairing serf’s family for his “sin,” throwing them off the manor to a slow death begging.
What was the sin? Escaping the degraded existence he faced in bondage to his master; but, more importantly, robbing his master of the profit derived from his labor. THAT could not be tolerated.
It is the same today. The Money Ginks don’t care whether we live or die, only that we show up "well" to work. If they cared about us and our health, we would have excellent and universal health care. We would have had it long ago. If they cared about us, they wouldn’t be cutting health care plans presently available to workers. If they cared about us, they wouldn’t be cutting Medicaid to those most in need.
No, what they care about is the almighty dollar in THEIR pocket. Of course, the article puts in a word for the poor, but if you think anybody in charge is going to do anything to help the poor (except to the extent that it serves the bottom line), you are either very young or dreaming.
- Uke Man
Obesity could hit economies as hard as malnutrition
By Emma Ross-Thomas Wed Nov 15, 10:22 AM ET
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Obesity could knock economic output as severely as malnutrition, which shaves as much as 3 percent off production in the poorest countries, a World Bank specialist said on Wednesday The World Health Organization estimates obesity has tripled in the past two decades and that one in 10 children and one in five adults will be obese in Europe and Central Asia by 2010 unless action is taken.
Dr. Meera Shekar, senior nutrition specialist with the World Bank, says malnutrition slices 2 to 3 percent off gross domestic product in the hardest-hit countries, and obesity could cost the same.
"We suspect that these estimates will be just as high," she said at a WHO-sponsored conference on obesity in Istanbul.
"If you're obese you're more likely to be sick, to be absent from work...the opportunity cost of not working, these are indirect costs," Shekar told Reuters.
Already, six percent of health costs in the WHO's European region, which includes Central Asia, come from obesity in adults, the organization's data show.
In 1992 obesity cost France $12.1 billion in direct costs alone, while in 2000 obese and overweight people cost the state of California $22 billion, including indirect costs, Shekar said.
Obesity is also expected to reduce life expectancy, which could have a knock-on effect on the economy. A recent UK study forecast men would live five years less by 2050 if current trends were not reversed.
POOR HIT
"The important thing is that because the problem is increasing we would see an increasing drain on economies, particularly developing economies," she said, adding obesity had appeared recently in the Middle East and North Africa and was a big problem in Latin America.
As developing countries' economies grow, the prevalence of obesity shifts to the poor from the rich.
That has happened in rich countries, and in France obesity is five times more prevalent among low-income groups than high earners, WHO Regional Adviser Dr Franceso Branca said.
Speaking at the same conference, he said he would like to see economic incentives to encourage consumers to buy healthier food.
"Taxes on soft drinks, for example, should be considered," he told Reuters, adding current European farming subsidies should also be re-examined.
"The whole problem is that consumers ... we are not completely free in deciding our own food choices," he said.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Obesity and tobacco and carbohydrates and red meat, etc. are big, bad no-no’s! I'll grant that.
And our guardians in the corporations and the political class are worried sick about us, our longevity and health and welfare and happiness because of that.
Bullshit!!
It is perfectly clear that the only thing those shitheads care about is making money. They don’t want us fat, smoking, or Big Mac-devouring WHILE we’re still WORKING for THEM. After that we can die as soon as possible, please.
If you don’t think so, read the article below and ask yourself which angle seems to take precedence. In every media commentary I’ve ever heard on health, relative to numerous “bad habits,” it’s always been the same. The underlying drive for "health" is: keep the slaves healthy and providing greater profits for the master.
Look at the Medieval Church. It strenuously prohibited suicide, punishing the despairing serf’s family for his “sin,” throwing them off the manor to a slow death begging.
What was the sin? Escaping the degraded existence he faced in bondage to his master; but, more importantly, robbing his master of the profit derived from his labor. THAT could not be tolerated.
It is the same today. The Money Ginks don’t care whether we live or die, only that we show up "well" to work. If they cared about us and our health, we would have excellent and universal health care. We would have had it long ago. If they cared about us, they wouldn’t be cutting health care plans presently available to workers. If they cared about us, they wouldn’t be cutting Medicaid to those most in need.
No, what they care about is the almighty dollar in THEIR pocket. Of course, the article puts in a word for the poor, but if you think anybody in charge is going to do anything to help the poor (except to the extent that it serves the bottom line), you are either very young or dreaming.
- Uke Man
Obesity could hit economies as hard as malnutrition
By Emma Ross-Thomas Wed Nov 15, 10:22 AM ET
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Obesity could knock economic output as severely as malnutrition, which shaves as much as 3 percent off production in the poorest countries, a World Bank specialist said on Wednesday The World Health Organization estimates obesity has tripled in the past two decades and that one in 10 children and one in five adults will be obese in Europe and Central Asia by 2010 unless action is taken.
Dr. Meera Shekar, senior nutrition specialist with the World Bank, says malnutrition slices 2 to 3 percent off gross domestic product in the hardest-hit countries, and obesity could cost the same.
"We suspect that these estimates will be just as high," she said at a WHO-sponsored conference on obesity in Istanbul.
"If you're obese you're more likely to be sick, to be absent from work...the opportunity cost of not working, these are indirect costs," Shekar told Reuters.
Already, six percent of health costs in the WHO's European region, which includes Central Asia, come from obesity in adults, the organization's data show.
In 1992 obesity cost France $12.1 billion in direct costs alone, while in 2000 obese and overweight people cost the state of California $22 billion, including indirect costs, Shekar said.
Obesity is also expected to reduce life expectancy, which could have a knock-on effect on the economy. A recent UK study forecast men would live five years less by 2050 if current trends were not reversed.
POOR HIT
"The important thing is that because the problem is increasing we would see an increasing drain on economies, particularly developing economies," she said, adding obesity had appeared recently in the Middle East and North Africa and was a big problem in Latin America.
As developing countries' economies grow, the prevalence of obesity shifts to the poor from the rich.
That has happened in rich countries, and in France obesity is five times more prevalent among low-income groups than high earners, WHO Regional Adviser Dr Franceso Branca said.
Speaking at the same conference, he said he would like to see economic incentives to encourage consumers to buy healthier food.
"Taxes on soft drinks, for example, should be considered," he told Reuters, adding current European farming subsidies should also be re-examined.
"The whole problem is that consumers ... we are not completely free in deciding our own food choices," he said.
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