Carifuna / Caribbean / Health

FAT!!

BlessedOne — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:51:54 GMT

The media has used Obesity as the number one marketing tool in increasing revenues. There are countless, commercials, TV Shows, infomercials, articles and books that are used as channels of distribution for this market. The market has strayed from the simplicity of a healthy life into a more complex and quick fix solutions. Diets and skinny has become the new name brand.. no longer do we strive for eating the right food and exercising. According to this report we are in serious trouble if we do not contain this disease fast.
THE OFFICIAL FIGURES
60% of adults are overweight and 26% are obese
28% of children are overweight and 15% are obese
Obesity surgery on NHS has risen by 40% in the last year
60% of men, 50% of women and 25% of children will be obese by 2050 if no action is taken

So how do we get a hold of this situation?
Yes we know about the fast food and sodas, but is poverty one of the main reasons for the escalation of this disease?
Or are we making excuses and bad choices?

Bad Breath

BlessedOne — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:41:21 GMT

Although " Bad Breath" can be a cause of many issues including some that are medically related; it seems we still do not know how to approach this issue when it directly affects the people who are very close to us.

How do you tell someone you love or care about that they need medical help for their Bad Breath? Or how do you tell someone you work with?

Reading an article about a lady that physically hit someone in the mouth for this very reason tells me that we still do not know how to approach this topic. To read this story please click on the link below.
http://www.carifuna.com/information/info_article.aspx?i=999&CatId=8&SubCatId=582&ArticleId=8876

Give me your best advice!:unsure:

Am so sick of the Swine Flu media hype

myvoice — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:25:23 GMT

90 people or so gets the swine flu and everyone wants to wear surgical masks but millions of people have HIV/AIDS and people still won't wear condoms. When was the last time you heard or read anything from the media about Aids? World-wide, 17 people have died of “Swine Flu” or H1N1. Approximately 38,500 People die each week around the world from the Aids virus. But, AIDS is the pandemic that dare not speak its name.

At the end of 2007, the estimated number of persons living with AIDS in around the world estimated at 33.0 million. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981. Africa has 11.6 million AIDS orphans.
At the end of 2007, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa. Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.
But we're yet to see or hear any media hype on this.

source:http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm