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No wonder why we have an obesity issue in this country.  Because of the quote above from pop singer Selena Gomez, who at 18 years of age, is on her way to a life of being overweight, diabetic, locked in to taking medication for high blood pressure and hypertension, a life that most of us have learned at a certain age is nothing more than a prescription for a short life.

Selena Gomez is on a diet of M&M’s, Kit Kats, Snickers bars and Goobers.  And when she ended up in the hospital after an appearance with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, she says she will definitely change her diet habits.  But how does someone consume that much candy, enough that you get to rushed to a medical center for a sugar overdose?

'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno and guest Selena Gomez

And most of us let this story go by without a hint of concern about how this singer, with a major teen following, on course to be fat, overweight and completely out of shape by the time she’s 30  years old.

It’s hard to have two businesses.  One this television blog.  The other a marketing company that just pitched a major corporation in the insurance field for a program to promote healthy eating habits and regular exercise.   This program is actually targeted toward minority  kids in the Los Angeles area, a community which Ms. Gomez happens to be a member ethnically.  The program presented involves Cedars-Sinai Hospital staff, several dieticians and nutritionists, all brought together under the umbrella of the insurance brand to help kids and then this story about Selena Gomez.

One of the members of this nutrition team sent me an e-mail last night.  In 9 years, by the year 2020, 70% of Americans will be classified as obese and overweight.  “It’s actually quite frightening and very sad,” she said in her e-mail.

And it is.  But the focus of Selena Gomez’s mishap with Kit Kats and Snickers bars just went by the board, no discussion of the deeper reason for her malady and life goes on, what short life she may have if she continues on her current dietary intake.

It was Dancing With the Stars, with Kirstie Alley I was watching this past series of shows.  What was the commercial she was on Weight Watchers?  Jenny Craig?  I don’t even want to do the simple research to find out which weight loss brand she acted as celebrity spokesperson.  And then her appearances on Oprah and other shows highlight her massive weight gain and we all supported her change in body type.  Yet most men who watched her on Cheers did so because, well let’s be frank, we all wanted to spend a night or two with Kirstie Alley. Now, well now most men would rather spend time with themselves.

I’m not dissing overweight people.  Yet I applaud the group that works hard to lose the weight through diet and exercise.  I don’t like the ones that think it’s OK to eat what they want to eat, putting a burden on all of us as consumers seeking inexpensive health insurance.  I just believe we had an opportunity to do what we all have seen happening to Tracy Morgan, an opportunity for a learning session to highlight the need for someone like Selena Gomez to talk about this issue in a lot more detail.

70%, yes 70% of Americans will be classified as obese or overweight.  What a mess.  What a serious mess.

Rick Thomas

Rick Thomas

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