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JASON: UNITED STATES IS ONE OF
THE FATTEST COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD.
OVER THE NEXT HALF-HOUR, WE WILL
LOOK AT WHY AND WHAT EXPERTS
SAY.
WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF "11
TV HILL."
I AM JASON NEWTON.
THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SHOW
30.4% OF AMERICANS ARE OBESE,
DEFINED AS HAVING A BODY MASS
INDEX OF 30 OR MORE.
THAT IS UP FROM 19.5% BACK IN
1997.
OBESITY RATES ARE HIGHEST AMONG
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
45% OF BLACK WOMEN ARE OBESE,
COMPARED TO 28% OF WHITE WOMEN.
CHILDREN ARE NOT THAT FAR
BEHIND.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE CHILDHOOD
OBESITY EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO
RISE.
DUKE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS SAY
OBESITY RATES HAVE
CLIMBED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE
1999.
33.4% OF AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE
OVERWEIGHT IN 2014.
THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE IN
SEVERE OBESITY, WHICH AFFECTS AN
ESTIMATED 4.5 MILLION KIDS AND
TEENAGERS.
A NATIONAL HEALTH EXAMINATION
SURVEY SUGGESTS REFORM BAD
EATING HABITS VERY EARLY IN
LIFE.
MANY BABIES DEVELOP
UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS BY THE
TIME THEY ARE NINE MONTHS OLD.
AS INFANTS TRANSITION OUT OF
BABY FOOD, THEY EAT MORE FRENCH
FRIES AND SUGARY FOODS THAN
VEGETABLES AND WHOLE GRAINS.
MANY ARE CONSUMING AT ALL LEVELS
OF SODIUM AND ADDED SUGARS BY
THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY.
THE COST OF TREATING OBESITY IN
PATIENCE IS VERY ASTRONOMICAL.
A RECENT REPORT SHOWS THE U.S.
SPENDS AN ALARMING $147 BILLION
PER YEAR ON OBESITY-RELATED CARE
, WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES CARE
COSTING THE MOST.
THE SAME REPORT SHOWS THAT
PEOPLE WITH OBESITY PAY ON
AVERAGE $1400 MORE PER YEAR ON
HEALTH CARE COMPARED TO THOSE
WHO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT.
JOINING US NOW IS DIETITIAN
CHARLOTTE MARTIN.
WE KNOW THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS
THE WHY AND HOW.
TALK ABOUT THE COS--
CAUSE.
CHARLOTT WELL, JASON, THERE
ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASE IN
OBESITY RATES, SUCH AS SUGARY
BEVERAGES, OVERSIZED
PROPORTIONS, AND JUST LACK OF
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD ITEMS FOR
MANY CONSUMERS.
WE COULD SIT HERE FOR THE NEXT
HOUR AND TRY TO LIST ALL OF
THESE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT OBESITY
IS GENERALLY CAUSED BY EATING
TOO MUCH AND MOVING TOO LITTLE.
JASO SOUNDS SO SIMPLE, BUT
WITH THE NUMBERS WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT, CLEARLY IT ISN'T
.
ARE THERE SOLUTIONS YOU THINK
COULD MAYBE MAKE THINGS EASIER
FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THEIR WAY
OUT?
CHARLOTT SHORT.
NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TEACHING
HEALTHY HABITS STARTING IN
CHILDHOOD AND INTO ADULTHOOD IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT
MANAGEMENT, I LIKE TO USE THE
ANALOGY OF THE THREE-LEGGED
STOOL.
EACH LEG OF THE STOOL REPRESENTS
AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
THERE IS HEALTHY DIET, EXERCISE,
AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE.
MANY PEOPLE FORGET THE BEHAVIOR
CHANGE HEART.
-- PART.
IT IS A HUGE COMPONENT.
WHEN ALL OF THESE LAKES ARE
SOLID, THE STOOL IS SOLID.
WHEN ONE OF THEM IS BROKEN OR
MISSING, THE STOOL FALLS OVER.
JASON: WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD
"DIET," DO YOU GET CHILLS A
LITTLE BIT?
YOU SAID WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
DOES DIET TAKE IT TO THE
EXTREME?
CHARLOTTE: IT DEPENDS ON THE
PERSON.
I LIKE TO USE THE TERM "WEIGHT
MANAGEMENT."
IT IMPLIES WEIGHT LOSS, WEIGHT
CONTROL, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE IS
ALSO IMPORTANT.
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL IS
CHALLENGING.
THERE IS NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
APPROACH.
YOU WANT TO TAILOR ANY APPROACH
TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
JASON: WE TALKING ABOUT
KIDS
EARLIER.
IT IS SO EASY TO GRAB THE FRUIT
ROLL UPS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT
LOOKS GOOD ON THE BOX THAT IS
REALLY BAD.
HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT THINGS
THEY WILL ACTUALLY?
--
ACTUALLY EAT?
CHARLOTTE: I RECOMMEND GETTING
THEM INVOLVED.
TAKING THEM TO THE PRODUCE
SECTION.
YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH
CHILDREN LOVE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES WHEN YOU ALLOW THEM
TO PARTICIPATE AND BE INVOLVED.
I RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS TRY TO
INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE FOOD FROM 4
OUT OF THE 5 FOOD GROUPS IN
THEIR LUNCHES SO THEY GET A
VARIETY.
JASON: YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT
BALANCE OF EATING THE RIGHT
THINGS BUT ALSO GETTING MOVING A
LITTLE BIT, WHICH CAN BE A TASK
AS WELL.
CHARLOTTE: RIGHT.
EXCESS WEIGHT IS THE RESULT OF
AN ENERGY IMBALANCE.
TOO MUCH CALORIES, TOO MUCH
ENERGY COMING IN, NOT ENOUGH
ENERGY BEING EXPENDED.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
ENGAGE IN REGULAR PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY TO EXPEND MORE ENERGY
AND THAT WILL HELP BRING US TO A
STATE OF ENERGY BALANCE.
JASO WE TALKED ABOUT GENETICS
EARLIER.
I KNOW IT IS NOT YOUR FIELD, BUT
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS
IF A MOTHER OR FATHER OR
GRANDFATHER MAY HAVE BEEN OBESE,
THE OFFSPRING WOULD ALSO END UP
WITH THE SAME FATE?
CHARLOTTE: CERTAINLY
.
GENETICS PLAYS A HUGE ROLE AS
WELL.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THE CHILD WOULD BE MORE LIKELY
TO BE OBESE IF THEIR PARENT IS.
IT HAS TO DO WITH NOT JUST
GENETICS, BUT PARENTS ACT AS
ROLE MODELS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRACTICE
HEALTHY HABITS SO THAT THE
CHILDREN END OF PRACTICING
HEALTHY HABITS.
JASON: IS THERE A WEBSITE THAT
PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT?
CHARLOTT
MEDAFASTNOW.COM TO
LEARN ABOUT HOW MEAL
REPLACEMENTS CAN HELP WITH
HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES.
JASON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING BY.
CHARLOTTE: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
JASON: PICKING UP THOSE HABITS
COULD BE TOUGH.
FEWER THAN 3% OF AMERICANS
FOLLOW THE BASIC HEALTH
BEHAVIORS NECESSARY TO AVOID
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND
THOSE BEHAVIORS INCLUDE A
HEALTHY DIET, MODERN EXERCISE --
MODERATE EXERCISE FROM
MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BODY
WEIGHT, NOT SMOKING GOOD WOULD
YOU EAT LESS IF YOU KNEW HOW
MUCH EXERCISE YOU NEED TO DO TO
BURN THE FOOD OFF?
IT IS A CONCEPT THAT SOME
EXPERTS ARE PUSHING, BUT AS ERIC
EDWARDS REPORTS, OTHERS SAY IT
IS AFITS ALL APPROACH.
ERICA: A DECADENT BOX
OFE
CHOCOLATES MAY NOT LOOK AS
APPETIZING WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOU
HAVE TO EXERCISE 40 MINUTES TO
BURN OFF THE CALORIES.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO PROMPT PEOPLE
TO DO IS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE A CHOCOLATE BAR, YOU MIGHT
HAVE ONE RATHER THAN 2.
ERICA: JULIE KRAMER SUGGESTS
ADDING THE ACTIVITY EQUIVALENT
TO THE CALORIES LISTED ON FOOD
LABELS.
ON THIS MOCKUP OF A SODA, THE
KENWOOD CLEARLY SHOW A PERSON
WOULD HAVE TO RUN FOR 15 MINUTES
OR BIKE FOR 23 TO WORK OFF THE
CALORIES AND THE SOFT DRINKS.
OUTSIDE EXPERTS SAY IT COULD
OFFER A BETTER WAY OF DIGESTING
FOOD LABEL INFORMATION THAT MANY
CONSUMERS FIND CONFUSING.
>>
THE SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE IT,
THE MORE WE CAN MAKE IT VERY
EASY AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE
CONSUMER, THE MORE IT ENDS UP
DOING SOME GOOD AND IMPACTING
WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE.
ERIKA: THE SIMPLE IDEAS MORE
COMPLEX IN REALITY AND NOT A
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH.
IT IS MUCH DIFFERENT FOR A
250-POUND MAN THEN IT WOULD BE
FOR A SLENDER TEENAGE GIRL.
SOME SAY IT MIGHT BE MORE
EFFECTIVE TO TAKE EXERCISE OUT
OF THE EQUATION, FOCUSING ON
HEALTHY FOODS THAT KEEP -- THAT
KEEP PEOPLE FOR HER LONGER.
-- FULLER LONGER.
JASON: SOME SAY DOCTORS ARE
TAKING IT TOO FAR.
NEW EATING QUARTERS ARE
EMERGING COLD ORTHOREXIA, WHEN
HE WILL HAVE AN ALL KNOW THE
SESSION WITH EATING FOODS THAT
THEY -- PEOPLE HAVE AN UNHEALTHY
OBSESSION WITH ONLY EATING FOODS
THAT THEY PERCEIVED TO BE PURE.
REPORTER: IT IS CALLED
ORTHOREXIA, AND GOING
OVERBOARD
COULD LEAD TO MORE DANGEROUS
EATING DISORDERS LIKE ANOREXIA.
>>. SO SEVERE THAT THEY STARTED
RESTRICTING AND WE CANNOT HELP
THEM GET BETTER BECAUSE THEIR
FOOD CHOICES WERE SO NARROW THAT
THEY COULDN'T AND WOULD NOT EAT
ENOUGH TO GET HEALTHY AGAIN.
REPORTER:
DOCTORS SAY REPEATEDLY
RESTRICTING WHEN YOU NEED CAN
CAUSE MALNUTRITION AND OTHER
SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.
>> ANYTIME YOU ARE CUTTING OUT
EVERYTHING, YOU DO NEED TO BE
CAREFUL.
WHERE ARE MY PROTEINS?
IS THIS JUST FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES?
YOU CANNOT GET ON YOUR NUTRITION
FROM FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
REPORTER: AN INDICATION SOMEONE
MIGHT BE DEALING WITH ORTHOREXIA
IS WHEN IT PREVENTS A PERSON
FROM SOCIALIZING.
>> WHEN THEY STOP MEETING WITH
FAMILIES, FOR "I'M NOT EATING
THAT, WHAT IS THAT?"
IT IS EASY TO MOVE INTO AN
EATING DISORDER BECAUSE YOU ARE
LIMITING, LIMITING WHEN YOU EAT.
REPORTER: WHILE ORTHOREXIA
COULD
CAUSE A BRISK GE FEWER FOODS OR
STOP EATING ALTOGETHER, THERE IS
ANOTHER EATING DISORDER IT COULD
TRIGGER.
>> ANY OF US -- I'M ON THIS
CRASH DIET -- IF I RESTRICT, I'M
GOING TO SET MYSELF UP TO LATER
BINGE BECAUSE I'VE NOT
ADEQUATELY NOURISHED MY BODY.
REPORTER: IF YOU ARE A CLEAN