American's Aren't Very Healthy

I ran across some very frightening statistics today. Here they are:

• 1500 Americans die from cancer each day
• 1 out of every 3 women and 1 in 2 men will have cancer in their lifetime
• 1 American women in 8 will be diagnosed with breast cancer
• More women die from heart disease than breast cancer
• Every year 1.1 million Americans have a heart attack
• In America, 500,000 heart attack victims die each year
• 23% of Americans suffer from hypertension
• $330 million is spent each year by Americans on heart disease
• Over the next 50 years, Diabetes will increase by 165% with 29 million Americans being diagnosed
• 33% of Americans have arthritis

There is one last statistic I found very relevant to stomach bloating. Here it is -- 64% of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese.

Tomorrow I want to talk about how this statistic relates to all other statistics I already listed.

Doug B