Last night in Florida we saw a show called "Beatlemania". This was a tribute to the Fab Four, and the stars were really good...especially the Paul McCartney character. In the background at various points, there was video footage from the 60s and early 70s...the Ed Sullivan Show, Woodstock, etc. The old black and white videos were very nostalgic, and it is amazing how society has changed...the types of clothes, the style of the hair, what people would have rallies about etc. Also, there seemed to be sooo much more cigarette smoking back then. Obviously, the advancement of medical knowledge over the year as this relates to the association of cigarette smoking and early death resulted in a much less smoking society.
Our medical knowledge has adanced dramatically in other areas as well..infertility and cancer treatment, the development of new antidepressants and antihypertensives....aggrssive cholesterol control, etc. So, if our medical knowledge and product development is so much more advanced than the 60s, then why is obesity rate rising? We all know the association of weight issues with early heart disease, diabetes, etc, and data since the 60s have clearly demonstrated the association with cancers of the breast, pancreas and colon. So again, why, if we, as a society has greatly lessened the smoking rate, can we not turn the tide on obesity? Lots of reasons...to be continued tomorrow.
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