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Posted by cafe67 on :

Ironic isn't it??? I know somewhere I read how much they spent on the study. In the millions. everyone knows being overweight is not great for you, duh!

Too bad they couldn't pay as much attention to lyme.

At least you can do something to "cure" obesity.

Sorry, I can't find statistics for lyme in W Virginia

Posted by cbb (Member # 788) on :

Hmmmm,
Obesity outbreak in West Virginia.

Few cases of Lyme disease DIAGNOSED in West Virginia.

Unexplained weight change (gain or loss) can be a symptom of Lyme.

Could there be a connection here?

Wonder if they're having an outbreak of Alzheimer's, ADD, cardiac problems, MS, ALS, chronic fatigue, fibro, etc, etc, etc.

The cases of these diseases seem to be increasing at the same time that Lyme disease numbers are going up.

Oldtimers like me can think back 30 or 40 yrs. Didn't know many people with these health problems back then.

I've wondered about this a lot, especially in relation to the health problems in South Carolina.
It's probably the same everywhere.
Just my opinion....

Posted by brainless (Member # 6771) on :

I agree with cbb above.

Posted by Kara Tyson (Member # 939) on :

They are starting to even call it a 'disease'.

Being overweight is a condition, not a disease.

They want to call everything a disease, because that way there can be no official treatment unless it is approved by the FDA and manufactured by a company.

Posted by hwlatin (Member # 4123) on :

CBB,

Could not agree with you more, Besides the weight problem here in Los Angeles, we also have a hugh outbreak of Autism Spectrum disorders. By definition you can not have an epedimic of Autism.

When are prople going to wake up and face reality. That there is something big that is causing all of this, be it Lyme, toxins, or something else.

Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :

I remember when I was a kid my grandparents (who where born WAY up in the country) talking about someone who died of "sleeping disease."

I honestly remember asking why the doc didn't give abx (and I got my 1st abx in my mid 20s--we never went to the doc) and my mom reamed me out that doctor's don't give abx if they don't know what the problem is.

My small child intuition may have been right on target.

Posted by cbb (Member # 788) on :

Glad to see I'm not alone with these ideas.

I'm not saying Lyme disease is the only cause for everyone's health problems, but I do think a significant number of cases are a result of Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases.

That's my story, & I'm sticking to it.
Maybe one day the research will tell me if I was right or wrong.

Posted by Greatcod on :

Maybe if they had even more sex with their cousins, they could shed that extra weight.

Posted by cafe67 on :

I forgot to put the link in stating that the CDC's study was faulty. Here's an expert and link to whole story

Health experts increasingly are faulting a recent study by scientists at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that concluded obesity is not nearly as dangerous as was thought and that being a little plump might actually lower the risk of death
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-06-02-obesity-confusion_x.htmts are