http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20000304/hl/fat_world_1.html Saturday March 4 6:00 PM ET World's Population Getting Fatter By DAVID BRISCOE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The world's population is growing - at the waist. For the first time in history, there may be as many people overweight, 1.1 billion, as underfed, researchers report. Just because people are gaining weight does not mean the world is better fed or healthier than it was two decades ago when millions more were starving, the environmental research group Worldwatch Institute said in a report released Sunday. In fact, the report says being obese and underweight often results from the same problem: malnutrition. In some countries there is a growing "weight gap." Well-off minorities in India, China, Brazil and some other developing nations are growing fat as the poor go hungry. America and other wealthier countries have the opposite problem: The richer and better-educated tend to eat right, while the poor often balloon from a diet of cheap and fatty fast foods. "Often, nations simply have traded hunger for obesity, and diseases of poverty for diseases of excess," said Worldwatch researcher Brian Halwell, who wrote the report with fellow researcher Gary Gardner. In the United States, 55 percent of the population is overweight, with one in four adults considered obese, according to the most recent surveys cited in the report. Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany also have overweight majorities, U.N. studies show. In comparison, 56 percent of Bangladesh's population is underweight. The figure is 53 percent for India. Despite overall progress in feeding the world that has led to sharp reductions of underweight children in Asia and Latin America since 1980, the number of underfed children continues to grow in the poorest countries, in sub-Saharan Africa. Both the overweight and the underweight live in worlds of sickness, disability, shortened life expectancy and lower productivity levels, Halwell said. "This is not based on some fashion magazine's notion of proper weight or the standard set by the latest sitcom star," but on a widely accepted international standard, Halwell said in an interview. The conclusions are based on the "body mass index," or BMI, with 19-25 considered normal. A person's BMI is weight in pounds, divided by the square of height in inches, then multiplied by 703. "We have the coexistence of a sizable and growing population of overweight people with a persistent population of underweight people in poorer countries," Halwell said. Both groups suffer from malnutrition, he said, a condition of nutritional deficiency often associated only with those who have too little to eat. While countries, including the United States, do not generally include height and weight questions in census questionnaires, medical clinics, doctors and hospitals in most countries collect and report the data. Halwell and Gardner use World Health Organization, United Nations and individual government figures to calculate that a global weigh-in would find 1.1 billion men, women and children underweight, down slightly from the 1980s, and about the same number overweight - a considerable increase. The conclusions differ from recent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 790 million people in poor countries are chronically hungry. Halwell said that figure is lower because it is based on calories available in the food supply rather than actual medical data. In contrast to the hungry Third World, reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association in October described obesity as a U.S. epidemic that now affects one in five adults, killing 300,000 a year. A decade ago, only one in eight Americans hit the obesity mark of 30 on the body mass index. Worldwatch cites nutrition programs in Cuba and Kerala state in India as significantly reducing the number of underweight people by focusing on vulnerable women and children. In Singapore, a school program called the Trim and Fit Scheme has cut obesity among children by up to 50 percent. The Worldwatch report also proposes a tax on foods based on nutritional value per calorie, with fast food items getting the highest tax and fresh fruits and vegetables possibly sold tax-free. ********* "Reuters" "Associated Press" "Third Age" ********* My response to the above listed folks: "World's Population Getting Fatter" By DAVID BRISCOE Associated Press Writer http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20000304/hl/fat_world_1.html Think processed foods, and far too much of the unhealthy (and inappropriate) substance known as cow's milk and dairy. http://www.notmilk.com has plenty of reasons why cow's milk should only be given to calves. 59 hormones (the worst of which may be IGF-1, a powerful growth hormone that is identical between bovines and humans... and which is becoming known as a KEY factor in the rapid growth and proliferation of breast, prostate, colon and lung cancers). Scores of allergens (perhaps the worst is casein, a powerful histamine, best used as a polymer for plastics or as a furniture glue... with perhaps protein lactalbumin, a key factor in diabetes being a good "runner up". Then there are species specific lactoferrins and immunoglobulins... and more.) cholesterol (did you know that the "recommended" three glasses [24 oz] a day, contains the cholesterol equal to 19 slices of bacon?) Would YOUR doctor recommend that? saturated fats (whole milk is 3.5% fat... which makes up 49% of the calories in milk. 2% fat milk provides around 34% of the calories in that version of milk). trace amounts of up to 52 different antibiotics (never again should wonder why many antibiotics are no longer effective) herbicides, pesticides, dioxins, virus, (Sixty Percent of America's dairy cows have leukemia virus) (check out http://www.junkscience.com/nov99/bjpress.htm on dioxins) perhaps some TB (bovine mycobacterium paratuberculosis, the bacterium linked to Johne's disease in cows and Crohn's disease in humans) perhaps some Prions (a crystal that acts like a virus - think mad cow disease. Perhaps 10-30 years for "incubation" for something that cannot be destroyed by 900 degree Celsius heat) And... for icing on the "cake"... PER LITER the FDA allows 20,000,000 live bacteria and 750 MILLION somatic cells (laymen call these "PUS" cells)... before it is kept out of the supermarket. Pasteurization is not particularly effective. The milk one grabs on the shelf may have been processed three or more times. Considering that whatever bacteria exists in milk doubles every twenty minutes at room temperature... it is no wonder it goes "bad" in a hurry. However, homogenization is perhaps the worst thing they ever did to milk up until the early 90's. Why? Because all the above hormones and pollutants contained in the cream now get pulverized into tiny molecules that, essentially, bypass the human digestive system and move directly into the bloodstream... unfiltered by any of our defenses. Now for the kicker! As bad as that is... Monsanto Chemical's rbGH (Posilac, bovine growth hormone, now given to over half of America's dairy cows) is perhaps worse... at least in context of cancer. This unnecessary shot (puts the already overstressed cow into overdrive to make more milk for a very glutted [but subsidized] market) increases the normal bovine levels of IGF-1 by up to 80%. Thousands of substances CAUSE cancer... IGF-1 makes it grow. Now... consider that it takes: 8 lbs. milk to make 1 pound of Sherbet = toxins times 8 10 lbs. milk to make 1 pound of pound of hard cheese = toxins times 10 12 lbs. milk to make 1 pound of pound of ice cream = toxins times 12 21 lbs. milk to make 1 pound of pound of butter = toxins times 21 Think of cow's milk and dairy as strong mitigating reasons for: obesity, heart disease, cancer, asthma, diabetes, allergies, behavioral problems, zits, and more... MILK... what a surprise! http://www.hungerstrike.com adds to the foregoing by zeroing in on a powerful growth hormone present in ALL milk and dairy... increased by up to 80% in milk obtained from cows treated with the Monsanto Frankenstein shot called rbGH (Posilac), or bovine growth hormone. IGF-1 has been fingered as a key factor in the rapid growth and proliferation of cancers. Robert Cohen, author of the book "Milk, the deadly poison" has sued the FDA to affect the removal of Monsanto's "Posilac" bovine drug from the list of approved drugs. --------- The time line on IGF-1 1979 Twenty years ago, scientists discovered IGF-I. 1989 Ten years ago, scientists learned that IGF-I was an identical match in the cow's body and the human body. 1994 Five years ago, FDA encountered the biggest controversy in their history by approving the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone known as BGH (aka BST). When that hormone is injected into cows, levels of IGF-I in milk increase by about 80%. 1998 Last year, IGF-I was called the key factor in the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer (Science - January, 1998) and breast cancer (The Lancet - May, 1998). 1999 This year, IGF-I was identified as the key factor in the growth of lung cancer (Journal of the National Cancer Institute - January, 1999). The Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Page 1231) said this about IGF-I levels in people who drink milk: "Serum IGF-I levels (blood levels) increased significantly in the milk group . . . an increase of about 10% above baseline--but was unchanged in the control group." ---------- Do you want solid news with a powerful impact on human health? Check out those two web sites and report the WHOLE story. PC World provided this tip. ----------- From: TipWorld To: coolsites-fsp-html@listproc.pcworld.com NOT MILK http://www.notmilk.com One of the great things about the Net is that it lets anyone tell his or her side of the story, no matter how "out-there" it may sound. Take for example Robert Cohen, author of "Milk: The Deadly Poison." He firmly believes cow milk is simply "not suited for human consumption." In fact, it seems there's a conspiracy to brainwash the American people into drinking this stuff! Who's behind it? How about the dairy industry and the Federal Government, for starters.... Dioxins, Bovine Growth Hormone, estrogen, freak amino acids, the "calcium myth", up to 20,000 live bacteria cells per quart...the truth is out there if you're willing to do some reading. But watch out: an extended visit to this site might turn your knowing chuckles into full-blown lacto-nausia. ------------------- If PC World can include the above in their tips... perhaps you can help obese (and sick) folks gain a better understanding of "why". The USDA "food pyramid", tweaked with the aid of the dairy folks to allow 8% of diets to be fatty foods, is a moot point when one considers that, by volume of milk/dairy sold in the US, this substance amounts to almost 40% of average American diet. Think over 40% of American's being obese... with the numbers rising. Regards... Dave Rietz, WEBmaster and cancer victim (http://www.dorway.com/mysympt.txt) fighting for ALL of us on my nickle. http://www.notmilk.com http://www.dorway.com http://www.dorway.org http://www.notmilk.com/milkinfo.txt overview on milk/dairy http://www.dorway.com/aspartame.txt overview on aspartame (Equal/Nutrasweet) http://www.dorway.com/msg.txt overview on MSG ("flavor enhancer") http://www.dorway.com/topten.txt leading causes of death in the US Excellent books: "Aspartame disease - the ignored epidemic" by Dr. H. J. Roberts http://www.aspartameispoison.com A definitive (huge) reference "Excitotoxins: the taste that kills" by Dr. Russell Blaylock http://www.dorway.com/amazon.html#blaylock covers aspartame and MSG "Trust us, we're experts!" by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber http://www.dorway.com/amazon.html#stauber How and why we are lied to... "MILK A-Z" http://www.notmilk.com/azbook.html Milk and dairy... unfit for humans