Discouraging new CDC USA obesity data

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New CDC article is in news today.

The US is now the fattest it’s ever been as obesity rates rise again, CDC says — and these are the most overweight states

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Adult Obesity Facts
  • Obesity is a serious, common, and costly chronic disease. More than 2 in 5 U.S. adults have obesity.
  • Obesity affects some groups more than others, including non-Hispanic Black adults and adults with less education.
  • Many adults with obesity have other serious chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.
  • Obesity accounts for nearly $173 billion in medical expenditures in 2019 dollars.

The prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults 20 and over was 41.9% during 2017–March 2020.1 During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity among U.S. adults was 9.2%. This means that more than 100 million adults have obesity, and more than 22 million adults have severe obesity.

The prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% in 1999-20002to 41.9% in 2017–March 2020. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%.

Note: Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher. Severe obesity is defined as having a BMI of 40.0 or higher.

In 2017–March 2020, non-Hispanic Black adults had the highest obesity prevalence (49.9%) followed by Hispanic (45.6%), non-Hispanic White (41.4%), and non-Hispanic Asian (16.1%) adults.1

In 2017–March 2020, obesity prevalence was highest among U.S. adults with a high school diploma or some college education (46.4%) followed by those with less than a high school diploma (40.1%) and those with a college degree or above (34.2%).1

In 2017–March 2020, differences by age group were not statistically significant. Obesity prevalence was 39.8% among U.S. adults aged 20–39 years, 44.3% among adults aged 40–59 years, and 41.5% among adults aged 60 years and older..1
 

Obesity is a big driver of increasing health care costs has been for decades .... also one of the worst risks for health care providers....many are injured or disabled trying to catch of hold up an obese patient... ... NOT one peep from government/ media in addressing. this data is old took them this many years to decipher?
my guess on the PA and KY thing is NOT enough data.

also On the CDC website Covid fatalities in the pandemic 79% + had obesity listed as a co- morbidity ....... NOT one peep...... no one was encouraging diets / exercise etc.... treated as if it had no significance.....

So many other issues this is associated with obesity .... NOT a peep other then claiming anyone speaking up is the problem

NOW with big money to be made on these weight loss drugs......... for pharma and investors
we will NOW hear all the time in media to prove to us NOW is time to fight it ...
it claim it is worth it to funnel millions of tax dollars to pay for these weight loss injections.... playing it up as for the good of the country.
 
Jeni said:
Obesity is a big driver of increasing health care costs has been for decades .... also one of the worst risks for health care providers....many are injured or disabled trying to catch of hold up an obese patient... ... NOT one peep from government/ media in addressing. this data is old took them this many years to decipher?
my guess on the PA and KY thing is NOT enough data.

also On the CDC website Covid fatalities in the pandemic 79% + had obesity listed as a co- morbidity ....... NOT one peep...... no one was encouraging diets / exercise etc.... treated as if it had no significance.....

So many other issues this is associated with obesity .... NOT a peep other then claiming anyone speaking up is the problem

NOW with big money to be made on these weight loss drugs......... for pharma and investors
we will NOW hear all the time in media to prove to us NOW is time to fight it ...
it claim it is worth it to funnel millions of tax dollars to pay for these weight loss injections.... playing it up as for the good of the country.
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An interesting point, follow the money. 😉
 
Obesity is the root cause for at least 1/3rd of our health problems and costs. i would like to see the same principle applied to the Obese as the smokers face...increased insurance costs, etc. Even young children are becoming noticeably fat as they spend more of their time watching TV, and playing with their cell phones, instead of playing outdoors. IMO, there is nothing more unattractive than people waddling about with huge bellies and butts....looking like a beached walrus.
 
David777 said:
New CDC article is in news today.

The US is now the fattest it’s ever been as obesity rates rise again, CDC says — and these are the most overweight states

three-u-s-territories-show-89590719.jpg


Adult Obesity Facts
  • Obesity is a serious, common, and costly chronic disease. More than 2 in 5 U.S. adults have obesity.
  • Obesity affects some groups more than others, including non-Hispanic Black adults and adults with less education.
  • Many adults with obesity have other serious chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.
  • Obesity accounts for nearly $173 billion in medical expenditures in 2019 dollars.

The prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults 20 and over was 41.9% during 2017–March 2020.1 During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity among U.S. adults was 9.2%. This means that more than 100 million adults have obesity, and more than 22 million adults have severe obesity.

The prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% in 1999-20002to 41.9% in 2017–March 2020. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%.

Note: Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher. Severe obesity is defined as having a BMI of 40.0 or higher.

In 2017–March 2020, non-Hispanic Black adults had the highest obesity prevalence (49.9%) followed by Hispanic (45.6%), non-Hispanic White (41.4%), and non-Hispanic Asian (16.1%) adults.1

In 2017–March 2020, obesity prevalence was highest among U.S. adults with a high school diploma or some college education (46.4%) followed by those with less than a high school diploma (40.1%) and those with a college degree or above (34.2%).1

In 2017–March 2020, differences by age group were not statistically significant. Obesity prevalence was 39.8% among U.S. adults aged 20–39 years, 44.3% among adults aged 40–59 years, and 41.5% among adults aged 60 years and older..1
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No big surprises here.

Fast food industry profitability, no explanation needed.

Dishonest advertising and misleading(dishonest) product labeling...no surprises here either.
 
I'm surprised to see that North Dakota ranks so high. The state is very much oriented toward outdoor activities because there's not much else to do.

Although, now that I think of it, the long winters likely are a contributing factor. Winter is so long and cold here that hearty (heavy, calorie-laden) foods are common during the cold times.
 
How is it counted? as an estimation ..... then how do they figure and assign race/ income levels etc..... I will agree it is up most because processed food and not active....... who are they surveying ... doctors office / hospitals does that take into consideration more obese may need care so they see a higher % of obese.

"According to nationwide surveys the National Institutes of Health has conducted since the early 1960s, US obesity rates have tripled over the last 60 years. Severe obesity, also known as morbid obesity, has risen tenfold.

State data suggests that just over a third of Americans are currently obese. However, nationwide data shows that this could be an underestimation." So using basic logic it can also be an OVER estimation
 
I often noticed that young obese women have a very beautiful face. For this reason, the contrast between the face and the body is even more striking.

I see a problem in the campaigns for 'body positivity', 'no fat shaming' and so on. It seems that they present obesity as normal. With such campaigns there will be no change in eating habits.
 
I had a long drive home yesterday and I was hungry so I stopped at a fast food place. I got a hot ham and cheese on a burger bun and a small fry.
It was salty and cheesy and I knew it wasn't good for me, yet.....when I was done I craved more.
It is addicting which is why that is a rare seductive treat.
 
I've wrote this herein before. Many people's meal portions are way too large. As one regularly eats more, their digestive tract enlarges that requires eating larger meals to feel full. By simply cutting back a few weeks on meal sizes, smaller meal sizes will feel normal. A related issue is many people eat way too fast, stuffing large quantities of food in with each mouthful. There also isn't a need to eat 3 large meals a day.

Another big issue with this person is restaurant menu portions are generally much too large apparently because some greedy pin head industry bean counters convinced restaurants that if they provided small portion or kids meals options too many might choose small portions.

Given the current restaurant menu inflation that will cause numbers of marginal restaurants to fail, I'll predict there is soon going to be some that buck that attitude and begin offering lots of near half size portions and when that happens significant numbers of chains will suddenly see the light and news folks will suddenly be writing stories wondering why none had done this earlier? Well its because its the human nature of money oriented pinhead bean counter types plus significant numbers of people that are like sheep following what others do instead of thinking for themselves.
 
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David777 said:
I've wrote this herein before. Many people's meal portions are way too large. As one regularly eats more, their digestive tract enlarges that requires eating larger meals to feel full. By simply cutting back a few weeks on meal sizes, smaller meal sizes will feel normal. A related issue is many people eat way too fast, stuffing large quantities of food in with each mouthful. There also isn't a need to eat 3 large meals a day.

Another big issue with this person is restaurant menu portions are generally much too large apparently because some greedy pin head industry bean counters convinced restaurants that if they provided small portion or kids meals options too many might choose small portions.

Given the current restaurant menu inflation that will cause numbers of marginal restaurants to fail, I'll predict there is soon going to be some that buck that attitude and begin offering lots of near half size portions and when that happens significant numbers of chains will suddenly see the light and news folks will suddenly be writing stories wondering why none had done this earlier? Well its because its the human nature of money oriented pinhead bean counter types plus significant numbers of people that are like sheep following what others do instead of thinking for themselves.
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We order out a few times a week from places like Black-eyed Pea, and you're right... they give you WAY too much food... for one meal, that is. It's enough for two meals, so we just divide them in half. It winds up being cheaper than Burger King.
 

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