The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Confirms Obesity Has Spread to Every State in the US
While some are downing the Hardee’s Double Thick Cheeseburger, the CDC has confirmed that obesity has spread to not only every state, but that boy and girls as well as adult men and women. Upon hearing “obesity” the knee jerk reaction is “diabetes,” but as the CDC points out the number two cause of cancer is obesity. If the current Fattening of the Population continues unchecked, it means already sky high healthcare costs will need to be scaled significantly higher. Ponder that as you have that second slice of pie.
U.S. men, with an average height of 5 feet 9 inches, went from about 181 pounds two decades ago to 196 pounds today. Meanwhile, the weight of the average 5-foot-4-inch woman increased from 152 pounds to 169 pounds.”About 10 years ago, about half the country was considered obese or overweight,” said Dr. John De Beixedon of the Pasadena Center for Medical Weight Loss. “Now it’s every single state.”
Source: Americans weigh at least 15 pounds more than 20 years ago, CDC study says | abc7.com
