… just facts ma’am as we accelerate on materialisms highway to obese* land… US of A

Our source:  https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

·         From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity* increased from 4.7% to 9.2%. 

 

·         Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. These are among the leading causes of preventable, premature death

·         The estimated annual medical cost of obesity external icon in the United States was nearly $173 billion in 2019 dollars. Medical costs for adults who had obesity were $1,861 higher than medical costs for people with healthy weight.

They get a bit more specific…

·         Non-Hispanic Black adults (49.9%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity, followed by Hispanic adults (45.6%), non-Hispanic White adults (41.4%) and non-Hispanic Asian adults (16.1%).

·         The obesity prevalence was 39.8% among adults aged 20 to 39 years, 44.3% among adults aged 40 to 59 years, and 41.5% among adults aged 60 and older.

Let’s examine our obesity (fatso) status with a few mirror… mirror… on the wall facts... who be da’ fattest of ‘em all…

·         Overall, men and women with college degrees had lower obesity prevalence compared with those with less education.

·         The same obesity and education pattern occurred among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women, and non-Hispanic White men. However, the differences were not all statistically significant. Although the difference was not statistically significant among non-Hispanic Black men, obesity prevalence increased with educational attainment. No differences in obesity prevalence by education level were noted among non-Hispanic Asian women and men and Hispanic men.

·         Among men, obesity prevalence was lower in the lowest and highest income groups compared with the middle-income group. Researchers observed this pattern among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic men. Obesity prevalence was higher in the highest income group than in the lowest income group among non-Hispanic Black men.

A closin’ question… why aren’t the advertisements on 24/7 news shows legally required to share factual real-life butt/tummy/visual obesity results from regular consumption of their oh-so tasty goodies… huh?

* obesity is a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or higher… healthy BMI… 18.5 to 24.9