Overweight, obesity and diabetes are collectively the nation’s number one public health problem. Effective interventions are urgently needed, especially among children and adolescents, in order to improve human well being and to slow, and hopefully soon, reduce growth in health care costs.
Now, a new report from the Organic Center describes six ways that organic food and farming can contribute to reversing current trends in overweight, obesity, and diabetes.
“That First Step — Organic Food and a Healthier Future” explains why the conscious decision by individuals to purchase organic food marks a critical first step toward a healthier diet and lifestyle.
For many people, this first step is the beginning of a series of incremental changes with important, long-run health benefits for individuals, families, and society as a whole.
Many readers of the report will be most interested in the subject matter covered in specific chapters, as well as the Executive Summary. For this reason, readers will find at the beginning of each chapter a section summarizing the chapter’s contents and major findings.
For readers of the full report, be aware that major findings are repeated in the Executive Summary, in each chapter’s summary section, and again in the body of each chapter.
For more information and to view the report, go to:
http://www.organic-center.org/science.healthy.php?action=view&report_id=149
