July 2002 Vol.5, No. 6 Contents The Majority: Unknowing, Unaware and Unconcerned by John Ross Schroeder Restoration: Greed Is the News of the Day by Darris McNeely Is Britain Rediscovering the Commonwealth? by Melvin Rhodes Ever Increasing Crime--Will It Ever End? by Graemme Marshall A Deadly Epidemic by Cecil E. Maranville In Brief...World News Review by Bill Eddington, Cecil E. Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck This Is the Way... When the Walls Come Tumbling Down by Robin Webber July '02 Main A Deadly Epidemic Between 300,000 and 600,000 Americans will die this year, not from terrorist acts, but from a chronic disease growing so rapidly that it is now officially called an epidemic. You'll be shocked to find out what and how widespread it is. by Cecil E. Maranville The official death toll for those who perished in the bombing of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, is now set at slightly over 2,800. Adding those who perished in the Pentagon bombing, the total figure is between 2,900 and 3,000. The sudden, violent loss of people of all ages shocked the United States and the world. Multiple billions of dollars have been spent since to investigate how the evil perpetrators accomplished their wicked deeds and on preventative measures that will hopefully guarantee that such horrible loss will not be repeated. But this isn't an article about terrorism. It's about a threat that is guaranteed to take the lives of between 100 and 200 times as many as died on that fateful day last year. Because these deaths will not occur suddenly, because there are no violent visual images associated with them that can be broadcast repeatedly to a TV-oriented public, most people will be completely unaware of their happening. How do I know that? Because that many people died last year from the same epidemic, and most of us never knew it. The problem is obesity. A staggering 61 percent of American adults are overweight or obese. The United States officially views obesity as the number two cause of preventable death (behind smoking). So serious is this problem, and so fatal are its consequences, that one would expect it to be on the lips of every American. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0207/epidemic.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "A Deadly Epidemic" Other Articles by Cecil Maranville Obesity: _World News Review Jul 2001 _The Worldwide Crisis of Overweight and Obesity _You Can Have Healthy Children - Here's How _Fast-Food Fanciers _World News and Trends - Jul/Aug 2005 _In the News Jul/Sep 2006 _In the News Jul/Sep 2007 _In the News... Jan 1999 _Sleep... A Key to Weight Control _I Am the Biggest Loser, and You Can Be Too! _In the News... July 2009 Health: _Clean and Unclean Meats : A Matter of Health? _A Telling Event From Jesus' Ministry _Keys to a Healthy, Long Life _The Bible and Science _World News and Trends - May/Jun 1998 _Aging Gracefully in an Uncertain World _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2001 _Vibrant Health - The Crucial Biblical Keys _Reasons for Not Smoking _Smoking and Health: The Often-Overlooked Key _Should You Drink Wine? _Letters From Our Readers - Mar/Apr 2003 _Eating Choices - Does God Care? _Fitness or Fatness: What's Your Plan? _Prepare for a Long, Healthy Life _Take Responsibility for Your Own Health--Nobody Else Will! _The Diets of the Millennium Should Be the Diets of Today _Peanuts and Perfume Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site