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| 作者：D Beart 文章来源：不详 更新时间：2008-2-12 19:32:01 | 【字体：小 大】 |
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After spending 9 long hours at work, Janet is frazzled. After picking her kids up from day care and throwing something together for dinner, she鈥檚 depressed and angry at the turn her life has taken. It seems as if every day has turned into one long series of work and errands, and once evening sets in so does her depression.
Once the kids are finally off to bed she heads for the kitchen to relax and have a snack. Time slips by quickly, and she spends the next 2 hours eating junk food she keeps hidden in the pantry. Once she鈥檇 done, just like every night, she feels sick with guilt. She knows she has a problem but she can鈥檛 seem to stop. Every month she gains more and more weight, but eating is the only time she feels better.
Situations just like this happen every day all across the country. Although food addiction is much more common than 30 years ago, it鈥檚 an epidemic that鈥檚 also killing us.
The numbers are so high they鈥檙e almost mind-numbing. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 65% of Americans are overweight or obese, and our children are facing the same epidemic. Over 17% of kids today are overweight, and that number is climbing higher each year. For the first time in 100 years life expectancy is predicted to go down, thanks in large part to America鈥檚 food addiction and the various health complications that come with it. Diabetes, cancer, hypertension, heart disease, and more than 25 other conditions have been linked to obesity. We鈥檙e literally eating ourselves to death, and bringing our kids along with us.
We shouldn鈥檛 be surprised, really. Americans work more hours than any other industrialized nation. We鈥檙e stressed out, time starved, and watching our health and vacation benefits slide down the tube. With as little time as most people have these days, companies make it almost too easy to self-medicate with food. Drive-thru鈥檚 are everywhere and meals-in-a-box[1] [2] [3] [4] 下一页
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