Introduction
65 Percent of Americans Are Overweight or Obese
- "Overweight" and "obese" celebrities
- The CSC's BMI website
- Who decided millions were "obese"
- Experts criticize the BMI
- BMI Report Cards
- Consequences of using the BMI
Obesity Kills 400,000 Americans Annually
- Timeline of a great unraveling
- Internal Review and Dissent
- The CDC's excuses
- Research Driven by Politics
- A Better Study
- Dr. Flegal's vs. CDC's 400,000-deaths estimate
- A Shared Problem
- The Man Behind the Numbers
- Harvard’s Straw Man
- Experts’ Take on Obesity and Mortality
Obesity Will Shorten Life Expectancy
You Can't Be Overweight and Healthy
Overeating is the Primary Cause of Obesity
- Nation of couch potatoes
- State of physical activity
- Other causes of obesity
- Food marketing
- Restaurant nutritional information
- Toxic food environment
- Healthy foods too expensive
Soda Causes Childhood Obesity
Obesity Costs Americans $117 Billion Annually
Obesity Has Made Diabetes Epidemic
- Changing standards for diagnosis
- Pre-diabetes & impared fasting glucose
- Increased awareness
- Syndrome X
- Myth: Childhood diabetes is an epidemic
- A misdiagnosed "epidemic"
The Myth Makers
