Saturday, May 1, 2010

CDC: Almost Half U.S. Population Suffers From Serious Illness

Stop someone in any street in America and chances are you'll find a chronic health problem.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has new data about the state of our health, and it's not good.

They say 45 percent of the adult population has either high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes.
What's the cause of all the illness?

Signs point to eating too much and exercising too little.

"Each one of these conditions is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease which is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.," says Dr. Rosemarie Hirsh of the National Center for Health Statistics.

But there is some good news. The CDC says these conditions are treatable, through lifestyle changes and medications.