The State Of Health

State of Health

As a principled chiropractor, I am passionate about saving lives. Unfortunately at this stage in history, our urgency in that passion is also fueled by a reality that no one can afford to ignore. The state of health in the world is rapidly declining. The statistics below represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the enormous obstacles we face, and they speak for themselves.

Chronic Disease

Nearly one out of every two people in the US dies of heart disease or cancer, according to research by the Center for Disease Control.^{1, 2}

Obesity

• 68% of adults are overweight. 33.8% are obese. ³
• 17% (12.5 million 4) children and adolescents in the US are obese. Since 1980 this number has doubled for children and tripled for adolescents. ⁵
• Global Obesity has doubled since 1980 ⁶
• 1.5 billion adults were overweight in 2008
• In 2010, nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight

Mental Illness

• According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses.⁷
• 25% of the world’s population has a mental illness
• 26.2% of US adults have a mental disorder. According to US Census statistics, that equates to nearly 57 million people.
• 50% of US adults will develop a mental illness within their lifetime
• 46.3% of children 12-18 have a mental disorder.
• 118 million anti-depressants were prescribed in 2005, more than any other type of medication. ⁸

Autism

Contemporary research suggests that autism spectrum disorders affect as many as 1 in 38 children ⁹, more than double the 1 in 110 that is reported by the CDC. ¹⁰

Alzheimer’s

• An estimated 5.4 million people in the US have Alzheimer’s disease ¹¹
• This number is projected to triple to 15 million by 2050
• Worldwide, 1 in 85 (or 106.2 million) people are projected to have Alzheimer’s by 2050. ¹²
• 1 in 8 people age 65 or older have Alzheimer’s.
• Alzheimer’s costs the nation over 183 billion dollars annually.

“Well, in part I kinda hope I did scare the heck out of some of your listeners because it’s a crisis that we’re facing now and it’s only gonna get worse. You know part of what we say is “failure is not an option.” We cannot hit the middle part of this century without effective interventions for Alzheimer’s because it’s really unimaginable. We need to start making progress, we need to invest the money in research, we need to make sure we have the care infrastructure as more and more of our loved ones are gonna develop this disease in the decade to come.” - Jim Wessler ¹³

These stats only scratch the surface of the rapid decline in health that our world is experiencing. We are engulfed in these numbers every day, but at Maximized Living, we're also surrounded by the joy that comes from everyday people breaking out of this system and reaching their incredible potential from the care we provide. Please contact me if you or someone you know is suffering from sickness and disease. I can help you! Contact me at drnickbarnes@gmail.com