CDC Animation of Obesity Trends: Obesity Trends In U.S.
No state in the U.S. has met the national Healthy People 2010 goal to lower its obesity prevalence to 15 percent over the past 10 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In fact, in every state, more than 20 percent of its adults were obese in 2010, according to the CDC. Obese is described as having a body mass index (BMI, a calculation of height and weight) over 30.
Data from the CDC show that 30 percent or more of adults in 12 states were obese in 2010. No states had that much of an obese population in 2000. Nine states did by 2009.
Dr. Petryk’s Thoughts: The proof is in the pudding.. literally. It is time that we take control of our mouths and stomachs. We can contain the sky rocketing costs of health care by eliminating the simplest and most expensive disease processes: High Blood Pressure and Diabetes.
Reducing your weight has demonstrated a direct correlation in the reduction of both high blood pressure and diabetes.
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