September 24, 2024 Share Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.
The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. Women were nearly twice as likely as men to report severe obesity.
The overall obesity rate appeared to tick down vs. the 2017-2020 survey, but the change wasn’t considered statistically significant; the numbers are small enough that there’s mathematical chance they didn’t truly decline.
Obesity will probably be the biggest crisis of the future. We’re watching the equivalent of 40% of a generation taking up smoking a pack a day.
I do have hope that Gen Z will be a better but even my formerly fit friends are starting to look a bit chubby after college and they’re not slowing down.
Wonderful to know the future will be full of so many crisis
Fuck man.
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