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On Tuesday, Piers Morgan used his "Only in America" segment to weigh in on a nation he feels has been super-sized:
"If Lady Liberty were given a 21st century makeover, she'd be holding a box of doughnuts instead of a torch, and wearing an enormous moo-moo," the host surmised. "Let's face it. America is bursting at the seams with a fat epidemic that if the experts are right, will only get worse."
On the heels of a brand new study predicting an obesity rate of 42 percent by 2030, Morgan calculated that 150 million Americans will be at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. But it's not merely the calories that need counting:
"It's also the sheer cost that is piling up. Nearly 200 billion dollars in health care goes to the fight against fat. The factors are as clear as the grease on a plate of fries – fast food, processed food, supersized portions, all that sugar, all that butter."
And as the country continues to tip its scale, advice flows like chocolate on a fondue fountain. In response to quick fix supplements, and medical miracles, Morgan calls upon a friend from across the pond:
"He used to say he had discovered a pill guaranteed to make you lose weight," Morgan explained. "Take the pill, he'd say...take it to the park and throw it down a hill and run after it. Repeat twenty times three times a day...the obesity epidemic will be over."
Tongue in cheek is seemingly healthier than tongue in a bowl of ice cream.
To trim the fat, the host serves up four low-calorie words: "Eat less, exercise more."
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agree Morgan ..eat less excersises ..and listening music....poem ..comedy. .thank you
I am glad these kinds of strories are finally getting some air-time on the mainstream media networks. Well done Piers, and I love your interviews. I will say though, I had to cringe when I heard your simple words of advice the other day at the end of the segment, "just four words, eat less, exercise more." Unfortunately its just not that simple for most people and this kind of thinking falls back to the old paradigm of thinking that calories go in and calories go out. Its not that simple. Experts such as Nora T. Gedgaudas, CNS, CNT, author of Primal Body Primal Mind, lay out just how the body as far more complex than just a calorie factory. There are hormones involved that are effected by toxins, stress levels, etc.. that change one's metabolism and effect their ability to process certain kinds of calories. It would be interesting to see her on your show, you'd have a good talk about all this, from her claim that we are basically a society addicted to wheat and sugar, to her claim that exercise alone does not and will not make you healthy, its what you eat that really makes the difference. But i'm not pitching the book nor the author so much as trying to say please be careful not to over simplify this problem. The KINDS of food people decide to eat less of can determine whether their health improves also. I like Michael Pollan's rules.
edujamjar is correct. eat less and excercise more, way too simplified. First go paleo/primal and give up sugar, grains and legumes and a person will see weight loss and feel better. Like Nora G. and others say, you cannot exercise away a diet filled with junk.
thank you for post i saw last night your show ..you did not look very happy ..like other time are your family is good you are luck 4 children is nice ..
i am 54 ..my test DNA i doo was 29 last year this year maybe lest(lol) i will see you
You have a really great sense of csrtnaot and perspective. Your photography is stimulating to look at, and it is an inspiration to me (being very interested in art and design).What brand of camera do you use? Any special lenses?