Friday, January 10, 2020

More money for obesity research?

"For decades, experts at CDC, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of Education, the Administration for Children and Families, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been researching and developing strategies to prevent and address obesity among children and adults nationwide." (The State of Obesity, 2018)

And apparently their strategies aren't working except to ask for more money to fund more research to pay more government workers. 1999-2000 30.5% adults obese; 2015-2016 39.6% obese. I don't find that impressive. Don't cut our budgets--we need that money to address obesity! To fail bigger!

Looking through the research, I see. . . racism is embedded.

  • The differences between blacks and whites are called INEQUITIES.
  • The differences between black males and black females (more likely to be obese) are called differences.
  • The differences between Asian American men (more likely to be obese) and Asian American women are differences.
  • The differences between Asians and whites (more likely to be obese) are called differences.
  • The differences between rural (more likely to be obese) and urban are called differences.
  • The differences between first generation and second generation (twice as likely to be obese) are called differences.
  • The differences between Filipino Americans (more likely to be obese) and Chinese Americans are called differences.

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