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> Also, the CDC has better epidemics to worry about than the obesity one. They can worry about more than one thing. > I frankly don't care if people want to b

> Also, the CDC has better epidemics to worry about than the obesity one. They can worry about more than one thing. > I frankly don't care if people want to be fat. No one cares that you don't care.

duaneb 11y ago
Peoples' diets are not the CDC's responsibility.
- jacobolus 11y ago
  You are wrong. Here’s the CDC’s mission statement: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States. To accomplish its mission, CDC identifies and defines preventable health problems and maintains active surveillance of diseases through epidemiologic and laboratory investigations and data collection, analysis, and distribution; serves as the PHS lead agency in developing and implementing operational programs relating to environmental health problems, and conducts operational research aimed at developing and testing effective disease prevention, control, and health promotion programs; administers a national program to develop recommended occupational safety and health standards and to conduct research, training, and technical assistance to assure safe and healthful working conditions for every working person; develops and implements a program to sustain a strong national workforce in disease prevention and control; and conducts a national program for improving the performance of clinical laboratories. CDC is responsible for controlling the introduction and spread of infectious diseases, and provides consultation and assistance to other nations and international agencies to assist in improving their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion activities. CDC administers the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and specific preventive health categorical grant programs while providing program expertise and assistance in responding to Federal, State, local, and private organizations on matters related to disease prevention and control activities. http://www.cdc.gov/maso/pdf/cdcmiss.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/maso/pdf/cdcmiss.pdf Poor diets are clearly related to “preventable health problems”, and can be mitigated via “health promotion and health education activities”, etc. This falls under the CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, DNPAO. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/division-information/aboutus/ http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/division-information/aboutu... Here’s the CDC’s nutrition webpage: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/ http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/
  - duaneb 11y ago
    Yea, but you can't blame the CDC for people having bad habits. It's not their fault.

> Also, the CDC has better epidemics to worry about than the obesity one. They can worry about more than one thing. > I frankly don't care if people want to be fat. No one cares that you don't care.

duaneb 11y ago

Peoples' diets are not the CDC's responsibility.

jacobolus 11y ago
You are wrong. Here’s the CDC’s mission statement: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States. To accomplish its mission, CDC identifies and defines preventable health problems and maintains active surveillance of diseases through epidemiologic and laboratory investigations and data collection, analysis, and distribution; serves as the PHS lead agency in developing and implementing operational programs relating to environmental health problems, and conducts operational research aimed at developing and testing effective disease prevention, control, and health promotion programs; administers a national program to develop recommended occupational safety and health standards and to conduct research, training, and technical assistance to assure safe and healthful working conditions for every working person; develops and implements a program to sustain a strong national workforce in disease prevention and control; and conducts a national program for improving the performance of clinical laboratories. CDC is responsible for controlling the introduction and spread of infectious diseases, and provides consultation and assistance to other nations and international agencies to assist in improving their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion activities. CDC administers the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and specific preventive health categorical grant programs while providing program expertise and assistance in responding to Federal, State, local, and private organizations on matters related to disease prevention and control activities. http://www.cdc.gov/maso/pdf/cdcmiss.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/maso/pdf/cdcmiss.pdf Poor diets are clearly related to “preventable health problems”, and can be mitigated via “health promotion and health education activities”, etc. This falls under the CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, DNPAO. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/division-information/aboutus/ http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/division-information/aboutu... Here’s the CDC’s nutrition webpage: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/ http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/
- duaneb 11y ago
  Yea, but you can't blame the CDC for people having bad habits. It's not their fault.