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Ron Merk
There are just over 4 million citizens of our great province of British Columbia (per 2006 numbers)
19% or 760,000 of us are not just over weight, but are considered obese - >30 BMI
An average of $1400 (US) or $1700 (CDN) additional health care dollars are spent yearly on doctors, prescriptions and other medical procedures for each person classed obese (per latest CDC numbers from the US - I actually suspect Canada spends more because we have a Health Care System that is more accessible) This does not included lost time and productivity dollars. Just in medical costs, that's a total of $1,292,000,000 for BC. Average BC Medical Costs

• Normal Weight = $3600 yearly
• Obese = $3600+$1700=$5300 yearly

Gastric/Bariatric surgery cost approximately $15,000 Read the rest>
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Experiment proves that eating slowly= eating less

Experiment: 30 women
Eating quickly 646 calories consumed
Eating slowly 579 calories consumed
646/579= 1.11 (11% more calories consumed when eating quickly); read details in link below:

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Proof-that-Eating-Slowly-Curbs-Appetite.html

It is kind of funny, in real life If I eat quickly I usually ask for "a little bit more" and I am served 50 t0 70 % more food and at my mother's house I was served 80 to 100% more and guess what? once the food was on the plate it disappeared.

We are simply not trained to eat slowly or to leave food on the plate.
HotSmart plates for eating slowly

Slow Food ...A Plate for...

Click the image to see an explanatory drawing

Slow food and the slow food movement are very well documented; what was missing was a slow food plate that really keeps food hot for full enjoyment.

The rim stays cool for handling with the bare hands

http://www.amazon.com/InstaHot-minute-PLUS-Hot-Plates/dp/B001VE1YM2