I'm not Obese?

This article called U.S. Obesity Problem shows no sign of Shrinking is by Lindsey Tanner of the Boston Globe on 1-17-2012. America has a obesity problem, and there is no sign in it decreasing. But luckily there are also no signs of it increasing. Even though the obesity rate is not increasing, from 2009-2010 it still remains at a relatively high rate. “In 2009-2010, more than 78 million adults and almost 13 million children aged 2-19 were obese, the CDC researchers reported.” If these obesity rates continue to remain the same there will be a significant increase in diabetes later on in these children’s lives, since type 2 diabetes becomes prevalent later in life. You are now considered obese if you have a BMI of at least 30, and over weight between 25 and 29. In this survey of 6000 adults and 4000 kids 33% of adults were overweight and 15% of children were. The government considers a healthy BMI to be between 18 and 25.

This article really jumped out to me of how awful Americas obesity problem is. One think I found interesting is that the high number of overweight (not obese) people. This was interesting because people may think that there not obese but they could still be overweight, and that causes an unhealthy risk. This massive number of overweight and obese people most likely are the cause of Americas problem of not eating healthy. We must take action to develop and demonstrate proper eating habits.


http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2012/01/17/obesity_epidemic_shows_no_hint_of_reversing_course/