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Fridays Child

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5. Not my figures.

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:27 AM

Nov 2013

I attended a statewide diabetes symposium at the University of Arizona, a couple of months ago. Evidently, the 50% projection is considered pretty reasonable. But, even if the percentage of Americans with type II diabetes merely doubles over the next ten to fifteen years, the tipping point will probably be reached.

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Think about this: in 15 years... [View all] Fridays Child Nov 2013 OP

Do away with High Fructose Corn Syrup. A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #1

Wouldn't it be great, if the solution were that simple? Fridays Child Nov 2013 #4

How do you figure? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2

Not my figures. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #5

Having grown up on a family farm, I'm appalled at the amount of crap food in supermarkets. adirondacker Nov 2013 #3

And, no matter how hard we work, individually, to safeguard our own health... Fridays Child Nov 2013 #6

Oh, not so much... pipoman Nov 2013 #7

Congratulations! Fridays Child Nov 2013 #9

Thanks, pipoman Nov 2013 #13

Look at the bright side Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #8

Manslaughter. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #10

Confirmed health nut for decades since reading Diet for a New America, circa the 1970s...and I sat libdem4life Nov 2013 #11

Yes, the system will break. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #14

My son, thankfully carried through his vegan/vegetarian early years..even though rendered impossible libdem4life Nov 2013 #18

Solutions: Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #12

Your solutions seem rational. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #16

Steep Junk food tax needed--to CURB it and also to help PAY for it! ErikJ Nov 2013 #15

You're right. It is pretty obvious. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #17

And thanks for the thread...every bit of info helps someone. libdem4life Nov 2013 #19

You're welcome. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #20

Define "junk food" and how will it be assessed pipoman Nov 2013 #21

oh, great. Make it so poor people can't afford any food. How about instead of taxing junk food liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #28

This says half of "adults" - not 50% of the country - just jtuck004 Nov 2013 #22

One solution sense Nov 2013 #23

Great insight! Fridays Child Nov 2013 #24

Thermodynamics is often abused, especially by those who don't understand it ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #25

Do you have a source for that statistic? Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #26

Yes, it's shocking. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #27

Thanks for the reply ... Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #29