America is very unhealthy. I think a lot of us are aware of that at this point if we just take a look at a crowd of people - a big majority of them will be overweight. Here are some data points below taken straight from the CDC website to give you an idea of just how bad it is (and it's probably worse):

• The US obesity prevalence was 41.9% in 2017 – March 2020. (NHANES, 2021)
• From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%. (NHANES, 2021)

You can go on their website to take a more in depth look HERE. These numbers will continue to rise as long as calorie dense food ads are spammed all over your TV yet you will probably never see anything about preparing a healthy meal at home. The numbers will go up because as we drive down Route 9 we see fast food chain after fast food chain lined up with car after car after car. It's easy to be unhealthy in this country. This country makes it soooo easy to be unhealthy. But, we still need to take some personal accountability because we have the final decision at the end of the day. 

We can be body positive all we want, I'm all for that. But there is a certain body fat percentage that is deemed extremely unhealthy that will lead to so many risk factors and a very short life span. We can say red meat, eggs or animal products are part of the problem for causing heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity but yet in the last 10 years we have eaten less of those products and more lab grown, vegan and other alternative products. We can say it's genetics or risk factors from our parents when in reality we have become so sedentary in the last 30 years due to transportation, desk jobs and technology becoming so advanced we forget anything exists outside of it. 

America will continue down this path of very, very unhealthiness. I'm not sure when its going to stop or if it's going to stop. It needs to come from the top but many government agencies are intertwined with lobbyists who are intertwined with a few big cooperations who are involved with the food industry who are then intertwined with influencers promoting the unhealthy crap. Like I said above, it's really hard to be healthy in this country when wherever we go, we are tempted with calorically dense food, alcohol...all of this stuff promoting fun at parties, games, family functions and anything else you can think of. Its hard out there, I totally get it. 

Be the best you can be and make the best decisions you can. You only get one body (for now). Trust the science✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️.