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let them eat cake...

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we've been on the case...

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/12769

 

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/29422

 

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/5041

 

http://yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/19214

going wide at the midriff...

Australia will reverse 50 years of progress in the fight against heart disease if a "new era" of heart related conditions are ignored, a new study has warned.

Key points:
  • Growing rates of obesity and type-2 diabetes, leading to a resurgence in number of deaths attributed to heart disease, report finds
  • Professor Jonathan Shaw is concerned future heart disease death rates will actually begin to increase
  • Report urges the Government to develop a national heart disease strategy with better treatment and prevention programs

 

The report, released by the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, found growing rates of obesity and type-2 diabetes, along with an increased rate of people being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, are leading to a resurgence in the number of deaths attributed to heart disease.

The Change of Heart: Time to End Cardiovascular Complacency report argues that medical advancements over the past 50 years which have improved life expectancy and led to a significant overall decline in the rate of heart related deaths are now in jeopardy. 

The co-author of the report, Professor Jonathan Shaw, warned that the decline has begun to level out over the past five years and he is concerned that it in future heart disease death rates will actually begin to increase.

"This stagnation is being fuelled by rising rates of type-2 diabetes and obesity and a new epidemic of age-related heart conditions," Professor Shaw said.

read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-22/obesity-diabetes-leads-to-resurgen...

not rocket science...

Stephen Hawking has taken a break from tackling the mysteries of the universe to address the very down-to-Earth issue of obesity, calling it one of the “most serious public health problems of the 21st century.”

“At the moment, humanity faces a major challenge and millions of lives are in danger. As a cosmologist, I see the world as a whole and I am here to address one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century,” Hawking said in a video for Gen-Pep, a Swedish non-profit aimed at promoting the health of children and young people.

read more:

https://www.rt.com/news/368681-stephen-hawking-obesity-dangers/