The Soft Drinks,Junk Food Gift - Obesity And Preventable Disease Crisis

A recent report said that obesity is a worldwide health crisis, and that one in eight people are now obese. The question was asked as to how can the world cope with the enormous looming health crisis that will result from obesity and poor nutrition. A doctor from Mexico interviewed on the radio recently stated that the high consumption of sugary drinks in Mexico was contributing to an epidemic of diabetes and premature deaths in that country. All over the world, billions of people are eating and drinking cheap foods that are high in sugar and/or salt and/or saturated fats, and that is low in fiber. In places like Mexico, where access to clean water is a problem, many choose soft drinks. People need access to clean water, not soft drinks. Choosing soft drinks is a sure way to rot teeth, and to contribute to diabetes and an assortment of other diseases. People actually pay to consume a product that rots their teeth and that can cause harm. Mexico has started taxing soft drinks. All nations, especially third world countries that have no way to pay for the "looming" health crisis that is here now, should start taxing soft drinks. Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, are epidemic. In many third world counties, poor nutrition and diet means millions of people shorten their lives and develop preventable diseases. The soft drink and other junk food companies will resist all efforts to either tax their garbage or to provide impoverished people in third world nations with healthier, still affordable foods and drinks. These companies are not there at the clinics or emergency rooms of the hospitals in third world countries that turn away millions of sick and diseased people that do not have money for medical treatment. The health crisis is here now, and it is destroying the lives of millions, and impoverishing millions of families that spend every last penny helping a family member that is sick and needs medical care that the family can ill afford. Preventative medicine could prevent so much disease and suffering, and it starts with the simple premise that junk food is junk, and so are the companies that make it.