Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.
WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did not decrease in any state.
And the number of obese and overweight children has now climbed to 30 percent in 30 states, a troubling trend that could signal decades of weight-related health problems such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease as these children become adults.
Those are just some of the worrisome findings in an annual report on obesity in America, released Wednesday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"Obesity is harming the health of millions of Americans and resulting in billions of additional dollars in health-care cost," Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health, said during a Wednesday conference. "About one-quarter of health costs are related to obesity. Obesity is one of the biggest contributors to chronic diseases, which is one of the biggest drivers of health-care costs."
Still, the report seemed to suggest some tentative hopeful signs.
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Is it possible that "Trust for America's Health" has a political agenda?
I spend every day helping people lose fat / get fit / etc..., but these reports about the Obesity Epidemic seem designed to scare people.
Fear is a great tool for driving public opinion & gov't policy