Weight Loss Camp - Some facts

In the United States two-thirds of adults and one in five children are overweight or obese, making them more vulnerable to chronic diseases like diabetes or cardiovascular conditions or cancer. 27% of Americans aged 17-24 years are overweight. The United States spends nearly $ 150 billion annually to treat diseases related to obesity, nearly twice as much as to treat cancer, said Tuesday, July 28, 2010 the U.S. Secretary for Health, Ms Kathleen Sebelius.

French are renown for eating a lot but they do not gain weight. The efficiency of our French balanced diet is proven by statistics (despite French figures became poorer these last 10 years due to our kids & teenagers adopting American ways of eating):

                      country          over weighted (BMI>25)     obese (BMI>30)

                      France            37,5 %                                  9,4 %
                      Canada           47,4 %                                 14,9 %
                      UK                 62 %                                    23 %
                      Mexico           62,3 %                                 24,2 %
                      USA               65,7 %                                30,6 %

Moreover the Mediterranean diet (also known as the Cretan diet) is recognized by scientists as being the healthiest one world-wide. Not only it prevents obesity but it fights cardiac diseases (95% less than in the US) and cancer as it is rich in antioxidants and vitamins C et E. Studies have shown that people following such a diet decrease diabetes risk by 83% & Alzheimer risk by 40 %. Life expectancy is in average 10 years more than in other western countries.