According to new study, Tackling population fatness may be critical to world food security and ecological sustainability.

As I have often said; most people are just following their natural instincts in an unnatural world — it’s up to the educated leaders to take responsibility and lead by “being the change” we must see in this world.

Now that should get your attention. As we pointed out clearly in Part II of our book, what you eat affects a lot more than just your own health or waistline.

Last week, CBS of Atlanta reported on a recent study conducted by scientists in London—finding that the obese persons of the world are playing an increasingly large role in the rate at which the planet’s finite resources are used. And although obesity touches all corners of the Earth, it was found that we Americans were especially weighing down the planet. From the article:

“If all countries had the [body mass index] distribution of the USA, the increase in human biomass of 58 million [metric tons] would be equivalent in mass to an extra 935 million people of average body mass, and have energy requirements equivalent to that of 473 million adults,” the research dictated.

Not everyone is obese, but most of them are enough overweight to cause the dock to collapse moments later.

The problem of obesity has become ubiquitous. The other night on the evening news, they showed a video of a wedding party on a dock. Many of the party, including the bride, appeared to be overweight or obese—then the dock on which they were standing gave way and the entire group of about twenty well-dressed people suddenly found themselves in four feet of water.

It gets worse. Now, there’s the need for larger seats on airplanes, bigger beds, bigger clothes, more calories per person and on and on. The study shows that “Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people living on the earth.” The article concluded:

“Although the concept of biomass is rarely applied to the human species, the ecological implications of increasing body mass are significant and ought to be taken into account when evaluating future trends and planning for future resource challenges,” the study found. ”Tackling population fatness may be critical to world food security and ecological sustainability.”

Here they are in the water. What fun.

The Bottom Line. Tackling “population fatness” for most people means weight-loss diets, portion control and exercising. Although our doctors tell us we need to lose weight, at least 95% of them don’t know about the effortless and permanent weight-loss of a whole foods, plant-based diet.

• Source document: Obesity Could Lead To Depletion Of Earth’s Resources
• The BMC Public Health Article
• My recent blog: HBO Obesity Special: How important is the messenger?
• Another blog: Do you have a “family history” of heavy or obese people?
• Finally: Is obesity the new normal? And whose fault is it?

Just imagine how many medical doctors are unknowingly placing their patients’ health at risk by recommending weight-loss diets like Atkins, Dukan or South Beach. None of those weight-loss diets are going to work long-term and their hefty levels of animal protein are ultimately going to take their toll in terms of more heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.

Unfortunately, medical doctors receive little, if any, training in nutrition—and what they do receive is the same old “meat & dairy balanced diet” garbage from the USA. But the day they graduate from med school, they are now suddenly qualified to counsel patients about what they should be eating.

Want effortless weight-loss? Pursue vibrant health! The weight will take care of itself—permanently. This handy kit will cost a grand total of $50 and with it you can improve the health of your family for generations to come.

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• The movie that’s changing the lives of millions: Forks Over Knives DVD 
• Healthy Eating, Healthy World, The “big picture” about food (our book)
• An essential scientific resource: The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell
• Dr. McDougall’s new book, The Starch Solution, with lots of great recipes.

Want to find out how healthy your family is eating? Take our free 4Leaf Diagnostic Survey. It takes less than five minutes and you can score it yourself. After taking the survey, please give me your feedback as it will be helpful in the development of our future 4Leaf app for smartphones. Send feedback to jmorrishicks@me.com

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J. Morris Hicks, working daily to promote health, hope and harmony on planet Earth.

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—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation