STATE-BY-STATE ADULT OBESITY RANKINGS
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest. Rankings are based on combining three years
of data (2003-2005) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk
Surveillance System to “stabilize” data for comparison purposes. States with statistically significant
increases are noted with an asterisk (*). Additional information about methodologies and
confidence intervals are available in the report.

According to an August 2006 report from Trust for America's Health (TFAH), adult obesity rates continued to rise in 31 states over the past year while government policy efforts have consistently failed to provide viable solutions to the growing obesity crisis.

El 75% de los estadounidenses tendrá sobrepeso en 2015

BEATRIZ ROSELLÓ

MADRID.- Investigadores de la Universidad Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, EEUU) han realizado un estudio que muestra que en el año 2015, si se mantiene la tendencia actual, ser gordo será lo habitual en Estados Unidos: un 75% de la población adulta tendrá sobrepeso, y dentro de este porcentaje, un 41% sufrirá obesidad.

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The world is certainly a curious place with amazing and incredible circumstances happening every day. The hoodia story is one of them.

In the developed and industrialized nations actually we find one of the largest battles the man has embraced to: the fight against obesity. There are about 300 million people worldwide rated as overweight or obese. And the fight is going on, but the final victory is some years ahead.

Obesity is a major issue around the world, and as more and more people put on excess weight it is a problem that is only likely to get worse.

In the UK it is estimated that one in five men and a quarter of women are obese, and that as many as 30,000 people die prematurely every year from obesity-related conditions.

How do you know if you are obese?

Most doctors calculate obesity using a formula known as the Body Mass Index (BMI).

It is a measure based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

A new study finds that the number of overweight and obese Americans continues to rise, especially among men and children.

Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that the largest increases are seen in children. Seventeen-point-one percent of children were overweight in 2004. This is up from 13.9 percent in 2000.

Health Day News reports that 13.9 percent of children between 2 and 5 years of age were overweight in 2004, compared to 10.3 percent in 2000.

Kids and their dads seem to be getting fatter, but Mom has leveled off.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found more Americans than ever are overweight. But the growth is almost all coming from children and men.

As a group, government figures showed more women are obese. But they’re holding steady.

The director of the CDC’s Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity said “women have always been more responsible about health.” And he hopes this shows “women are leading the way in
recognizing obesity as a health threat.”

A third of U.S. children and teens — about 25 million kids — are either overweight or on the brink of becoming so, the highest number ever recorded, according to a government survey out today.

And about two-thirds of adults, about 136 million people, are overweight or obese.

Q&A: What parents can do

The latest data is from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is considered the gold standard for evaluating the U.S. obesity epidemic because it is a large survey of people whose weight and height are actually measured.

OBESITY is most commonly defined in terms of body mass index (BMI).

BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in metres, squared.

A desirable BMI is considered to be in the region of 20-25. Anything above this is defined as overweight. And a BMI of more than 30 is considered to be obese.

Obesity rates on the rise in men and children

The percentage of American women who are obese has not increased in recent years, but unfortunately, it’s still high, at about one-third.

However, men and children are gaining on women when it comes to being overweight.

Obesity rates on the rise

Dr. Arthur Frank runs a medical weight management program. He says, “We used to see primarily women in our program, almost entirely women in our program. But now, over the past number of years, we’re seeing men who are dealing with it.”

Obesity is the Problem in the United States

Overweight and obesity are an important health issue in the United States, and has increased substantially over the last 2 decades.

In 2000, approx. 60 million people –close to 31% of adults aged 20 years and older- were obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more.

Obesity rates continue to climb in every state except Oregon, and government policies and actions offer little hope of reversing the trend, according to a a new report released recently from the Trust for America’s Health.

The report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005, found that Mississippi is the heaviest state, while Colorado is the least heavy.

More than 25 percent of adults in 10 states are obese—Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana and South Carolina.

About 119 million Americans are either overweight or obese. That’s 64.5 percent of adult Americans.

Excess weight is known to cause a variety of health problems, including heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.