American adults continue to put on the pounds. New data shows
that nearly 40 percent of them were obese in 2015 and 2016,
a sharp increase from a decade earlier, federal health officials
reported Friday.
that nearly 40 percent of them were obese in 2015 and 2016,
a sharp increase from a decade earlier, federal health officials
reported Friday.
The woes of weight are heavy, there’s no doubt about that now.
The experts say adults are eating too much processed chow.
Food trucks and the drive-through make it easy to exceed
The needs of mere nutrition as we impetuously feed.
Heart attacks are gaining on us at an awful rate;
Diabetes fells us as we continue to tailgate.
Our blood pressure is spiking at dread levels rarely seen
Outside of octogenarians down in Saint Augustine.
Our children also suffer from a heedless appetite;
Gorging on the candied Cap’n Crunch both day and night.
Sitting on their tuchas playing Final Fantasy,
They’re plumping up like turkeys for November’s jubilee.
But going on a diet of raw kale and herbal tea
Is not the sort of lifestyle that appeals too much to me.
Like Falstaff I will take my chances with debauchery,
Enjoying ev’ry sweetmeat till they hang me from a tree!
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