Thursday, January 15, 2009

Increase intensity on obesity problem in US

Why bother with obesity?




The last decade of the 20th century left one statistic behind that America shouldn't be proud of: From 1990 to 1999, there was an unorecedented increase, a whopping 60% increase in the number of overweight Americans.


That's got everyone worried, from parent of obese children, to physicians who observe the condition in their patients every day, to officials at the CDC. Experts compare the rapid spread of obesity to that of a communicable disease.
Obesity contributes to 300,000 deaths annually in the United States, making it the second leading cause of preventable mortaluity in this country. The World Health Organization estimates that more than half of U.S. adults are overweight, and about one-quarter are clinically obese. Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that one out of four American children and teens is overweight or obese.

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