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American Adults Have Never Been Fatter
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2018 Mar 25, 10:04am 10,617 views 52 comments
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2018 Mar 26, 12:16pm
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2018 Mar 26, 12:16pm
Strategist says
Yes.. And anyone who spent money to do a study that tells you that food tastes better then you are hungry wasted their money.
Strategist says
Fixed:
In the old days it was the King who would be fat. Now it is everyone!.
Very interesting. Could be nature's way of trying to get obese people to eat less for their own good.
Yes.. And anyone who spent money to do a study that tells you that food tastes better then you are hungry wasted their money.
Strategist says
In the old days it was the King who would be fat. Now it is the peasants.
Fixed:
In the old days it was the King who would be fat. Now it is everyone!.
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A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sampling of 27,449 adults with a BMI between 30 and 40 found that among those aged 20 years and older, obesity went from 33.7% in 2007-2008 to 39.6% in 2015-2016. Severe obesity - those with a BMI above 40, jumped from 5.7% to 7.7% over the same period.
The increase in obesity among the 16,875 youth sampled was much lower, going from 16.8% a decade ago to 18.5% in 2015-2016. Still pretty bad.
National trends
The CDC has prepared handy list of statistics as well as maps of average obesity by state, as well as by race. In a nutshell, the south is a hotbed of obesity.
Of note:
Obesity decreased by level of education. Adults without a high school degree or equivalent had the highest self-reported obesity
Young adults were half as likely to have obesity as middle-aged adults.
Obesity Prevalence in 2016 Varies Across States and Territories
All states had more than 20% of adults with obesity.
35% or more adults had obesity in 5 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia).
The South had the highest prevalence of obesity (32.0%), followed by the Midwest (31.4%), the Northeast (26.9%), and the West (26.0%).
“Most people know that being overweight or obese is unhealthy, and if you eat too much that contributes to being overweight,” says Dr. James Krieger, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington and executive director of the advocacy group Healthy Food America. “But just telling people there’s a problem doesn’t solve it.”
And as The Herald also notes, Americans are cramming their craws with more fast food than ever...
While the latest survey data do not explain why Americans continue to get heavier, nutritionists and other experts cite lifestyle, genetics and, most importantly, a poor diet as factors. U.S. fast-food sales rose 22.7 percent from 2012-2017, according to Euromonitor, while packaged-food sales rose 8.8 percent. -Miami Herald
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-24/american-adults-have-never-been-fatter