From a New York Times article by Michael Pollan:
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat “preventable chronic diseases.” Not all of these diseases are linked to diet — there?s smoking, for instance — but many, if not most, of them are. ……

Hey there, enough is enough…enough of what? Enough processed and fast foods! “OH NO”, you say, I LOVE my big Macs and Chick Fil-A’s and lunch meats. After all, it’s meat and chicken isn’t it…protein? And, that’s OK for you, isn’t it? ……

You don’t have to be overweight to develop asthma…guess what, It’s the “pot belly” effect that can increase the risk of getting asthma and several other dangerous diseases. ……

As if being obese isn’t bad enough with all the problems it brings to our human psyche and physical bodies. How really discouraging it can be to be so overweight. It’s not just our image that’s taking a bad rap, but the human body we live in suffers tremendously by having to try to function normally under all that extra poundage. Lets try and get those excess pounds off as soon as possible! There’s nothing, and I mean NOTHING good about being so fat!!! ……

Secretly lurking beneath the surface of diabetes and excess weight is chronic, low-grade inflammation that can’t be seen or the damaged it is doing to our human body can’t be felt. The risk of coronary heart disease, which has been the leading cause of death among people with diabetes, is significantly increased by this type of inflammation. ……

Dieting, health, diets and weightloss are paramount on most people’s hearts and minds these days. ……

Hey, are you tired of the ”same old, same old” weight loss methods? I think most of us who are constantly trying to loose weight are now just about immune to the old conventional ways we’ve been instructed in for shedding those excess pounds. ……

Hey, all of us overweight/obese people should know that if we need to be x-rayed, we are going to get greater than normal doses of radiation just to get through all the fat for a useable X-ray image. ……

If you like to wolf down your food, you are more likely to be overweight because you’ll be eating more and also you could be suffering from digestive problems. ……

What is duodenal switch surgery? This may be a more effective method of weight reduction in the very obese (200 pounds heavier than their ideal body weight) patient than the now popular gastric bypass surgery. ……