odanny
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That's only 6 years. And to make it sound worse, 1 in 4 Americans will be severely obese. This is not a disease of being lazy, this is a dietary and nutritional hellscape, with some parts of the country being in a food desert, surrounded by high fat, low cost food choices. Some is pure gluttony, as well.
A tidal wave of fat, and the ailments that come with it, now appears virtually inevitable in the United States.
New research finds that by 2030, nearly half of American adults — 49.2% to be exact — will be obese. In every single state, no fewer than 35% of adults will have a body mass index of at least 30, the threshold that defines obesity.
New year’s resolutions aside, this is not about whether you’ll fit into your skinny jeans a decade from now. Body mass index, a measure of fatness based on a person’s height and weight, has its limitations as a predictor of personal health. But in large populations where rates of obesity are higher, people tend to be sicker, live shorter lives, and incur steeper healthcare expenses.
And that means the new study results are a harbinger of pretty poor American health.
Even worse: As the nation continues to accumulate fat, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults will have“severe obesity.”
Defined as having a BMI of 40 or above, severe obesity will become about as common in 2030 as regular obesity was in the 1990s. Where Americans were already obese, the generation behind them is expected to become severely obese — and their risk of joint and back problems, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and early death will be even higher.
The findings were published in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
www.latimes.com
A tidal wave of fat, and the ailments that come with it, now appears virtually inevitable in the United States.
New research finds that by 2030, nearly half of American adults — 49.2% to be exact — will be obese. In every single state, no fewer than 35% of adults will have a body mass index of at least 30, the threshold that defines obesity.
New year’s resolutions aside, this is not about whether you’ll fit into your skinny jeans a decade from now. Body mass index, a measure of fatness based on a person’s height and weight, has its limitations as a predictor of personal health. But in large populations where rates of obesity are higher, people tend to be sicker, live shorter lives, and incur steeper healthcare expenses.
And that means the new study results are a harbinger of pretty poor American health.
Even worse: As the nation continues to accumulate fat, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults will have“severe obesity.”
Defined as having a BMI of 40 or above, severe obesity will become about as common in 2030 as regular obesity was in the 1990s. Where Americans were already obese, the generation behind them is expected to become severely obese — and their risk of joint and back problems, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and early death will be even higher.
The findings were published in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
By 2030, nearly half of all U.S. adults will be obese, experts predict
By 2030, nearly half of U.S. adults will be obese, including the nearly 1 in 4 who will have severe obesity. The obesity rate will surpass 50% in 29 states.
www.latimes.com
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