Recent News Articles Discuss Obesity In America
The Centers For Disease Control Report: The State of Obesity 2020: Better Policies For A Healthier America cites adult obesity at 42.4 percent, the highest ever, and the first time the 40 percent mark has been exceeded.
In 2015-2016 the U.S. prevalence of obesity was 39.8 percent, affecting 93.8 million American adults. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
USNEWS.COM 2/10/21 – Obesity Helps Drive Half of New Diabetes Cases Among Americans, By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
PUBLICHEALTH.ORG 2/27/21 – Obesity In America
CBS NEWS 5/3/13 – CDC 80 Percent Of American Adults Don’t Get Recommended Exercise, By Ryan Jaslow
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY.COM 10/21/12 –Top Five Ways American Culture is Making You Fat, By Azadeh Aalai, Ph.D
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY HEALTH 7/25/17 – Overweight & Obesity Statistics: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States
NYPOST.COM 9/20/2016 –This Is Why You’re Fat, America, By Reed Tucker
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.COM 8/14/16 – Cancer’s Hidden Helper: Your Fat, By Matthew Tontonoz
CONSUMER HEALTHDAY.COM 12/31/19 – Why Is There An Obesity Epidemic?, By Chris Woolston, HealthDay Reporter
FORTUNE.COM 6/28/18 – A Shocking Percentage of Americans Don’t Exercise Enough, CDC Says, By Sarah Gray
NEWSWEEK.COM 1/11/18 – America Is So Out Of Shape And Fat, It’s Putting U.S. Army Soldiers In Danger, By John Haltiwanger
MILITARY TIMES.COM 10/3/18 – A Staggering Number Of Troops Are Fat And Tired, Report Says, By J.D. Simkins
THE ATLANTIC.COM 3/23/16 – Less Than 3 Percent of Americans Live a ‘Healthy Lifestyle’ : Depressing Statistics From A New Study, By Julie Beck
BOSTON GLOBE.COM 4/14/13 – Exercise Goals Are Increasing, But Most Americans Do Not Work Out Enough, By Robert Weisman
NBC NEWS.COM 10/16/13 – The ‘Real’Shape Of The American Man: Dudes, You’re Porky!, By Bill Briggs
ARMYTIMES.COM 10/10/18 – America’s Obesity Is Threatening National Security, According To This Study, By Meghann Myers
THE WASHINGTON POST 12/1/16 – Nearly Half Of America’s Overweight People Don’t’Realize They’re Overweight, By Christopher Ingraham
STATE OF OBESITY.ORG (ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FDN) September 2020 – Physical Inactivity in the United States
CNN HEALTH 4/10/17 – Why Are Fewer Americans Trying To Lose Weight?, By Jacqueline Howard CNN
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.COM 8/24/04 Vol. 206, Issue 2 – Why Are We So Fat?, By Cathy Newman
CBS NEWS.COM/Healthday 11/21/18 – Most Americans Spend Too Much Time Sitting, Study Finds, By Steven Reinberg
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