Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Across America

by Heather McLaughlin

According to a study that was recently conducted the number of people considered to be obese continues to rise. This survey was conducted by Trust for Americans Health and the results are judged against results from previous surveys they did in previous years.

Mississippi is a heavyweight state with 29.5% of adults considered obese. This number represents a 1.1 percentage point increase from last years report. Colorado is the featherweight state with 16.9% of adults considered obese.

Obesity now exceeds 25 percent in 13 states, which should sound some serious alarm bells,” said Dr. Jeff Levi, executive director of the advocacy group.

Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, a former CDC director had this to say.

This epidemic is a nationwide epidemic. Some some states are higher, some populations have it higher, but the trend has been up in every state, the trend has been up for every ethnic group, the trend has been up for rich and poor”

This shows that poor nutrition and lack of exercise catch up with everyone, and no race or social class is immune to the dangers of this growing disease… and the first line of defense is fighting it in your own home with healthy food choices, portion control, reducing the amount of sugary drinks and snacks and other “junk” foods and getting daily exercise.

There’s nothing worse than being a stat, and a bad stat at that.