Food & Health

Food & Health

Did we get healthier in the past decade? Nope. About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010. There are more obese Americans than a decade ago, not fewer. We eat more salt and fat, not less. More of us have high blood pressure. More children have untreated tooth decay.

But the nation has had better luck raising childhood vaccination rates, lowering cancer death rates, increasing smoking laws and reducing most types of work injuries.

Right now, health officials are developing goals for 2020. The details are far from settled, but an advisory panel of experts has recommended that the new goals be more realistic. They also hope to make it more inviting to the public and perhaps — less ambitious.

The program called "Healthy People 2020" may be an online document that links to Web sites and sources for nutrition and exercise advice and other ways people can improve their own health.

- Posted on January 2, 2010
Submitted by Dayna1011 on Wednesday, 07/28/2010 - 07:43.

i think that we aren't as healthy as we were.There's so many fast food places.Healthy food costs more and people don't want to pay all that on something that don't really want anyway.

Submitted by sethw17 on Thursday, 05/27/2010 - 14:09.

Everyone Does'nt want to eat too many fat, and salt, and sugar. You might get a stomachache as well as a high blood pressure. I know you want a sweet snack but don't eat many. Eat healthy food like an apple.

Submitted by ajax92 on Wednesday, 05/19/2010 - 14:35.

I think we have become less healthy in the past decade because all of the restaurants are deep frying more and more food so, people are gaining more and more weight, so I'm going have to say that we are less healthy.

Submitted by Damaris8 on Monday, 05/17/2010 - 23:26.

My dad eats a lot of apples because he lost vitamin D and he is sad because of that and I I'm too and even his perents and my mom and brother and everybody in Mexico.

Submitted by Edith00 on Monday, 05/17/2010 - 11:21.

I think this is really sad a really hope that people stop eating bad food so we have less obese people=( i really hope restaurants stop making bad food and they start making food helthier

Submitted by nachos564165 on Monday, 05/10/2010 - 18:18.

I completely agree with this, people have gotten heavier not skinnier. Most of the obese people in the world have been children, this might be because they have been exposed to the foods that they should not eat by other adults.As a result children might have adapted this way of eating and passed it on to other people . Some kids are unfortunate enough to have their parents be obese and as a result have become obese themselves. Michelle Obama is doing all she can and inspiring people to really try and get outside. I think that the government shoudl just cut off sales of Twinkies, Candy, Salt etc. in a third and have that be sold and put in stores I know it seems a little harsh but if that is the way to go to get America to not be the fattest nation then so be it.... u c? i don't get why the government
doesn't think like this, its the smallest thing that they can do to make America a better place