It does not retrieve the bubonic plague and cheeseburgers, not blood thirsty rats, but the United States is a double chin deep in the obesity epidemic.
The u.s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to him, obesity has increased substantially over the last 20 years. Only the Colorado and the District of Columbia is obesity rate is less than 20%.
But now researchers say obesity in the United States reaches a total of 42%.
Published Science Public Library journal PLoS Computational Biology, researchers Predict for obese people "up" by 42% number 40 of the United States, as shown in the following years. Not more than 8% of the ex-ante assessment of 34% from 2007.
Obesity is defined as body mass index (BMI), greater than 30.
Research on the mathematical model; a four-decade of Framingham the data obtained from the research study, health, and almost the whole city, Massachusetts habits.
About obesity and keep friends stated. Researchers say an American has other 0.5%-the opportunity to be obese in each of the obese social contact, that is to say, with a friend, they represent a year.
Obesity, the u.s. varies depending on the State of the State severity. CDC information will be displayed in the southern States are usually our fattest.
Obesity is taken from the toll on the economy too. CDC data indicative of obesity-related health-care expenditure, the total cost of 92.6 billion dollars. Whoa, who buys a lot of hot dogs and fries ... of course, with diet Coke.
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