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Prediction: 40 percent to be obese by 2010
Published October 14, 2003
Prediction: 40 percent to be obese by 2010 By USA Today About 40 percent of Americans, or 68 million people, will be obese by 2010 if people keep gaining at the current rate, government researchers predict. About 31 percent of Americans are now obese — roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention present their predictions this week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, co-sponsored with the American Diabetes Association. Federal officials hoped to decrease obesity in this country with Healthy People 2010, a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative. One major objective: An obesity rate of 15 percent. But the trend is headed in the opposite direction. To come up with the latest projections, researchers tracked data from the mid-'70s through 2000 with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. It is considered the most definitive assessment of Americans' weight. Another report, out today from the Rand Corp., found that the number of severely obese people (100 or more pounds over a healthy weight) increased from one in 200 in 1986 to one in 50 in 2000. More than 4 million U.S. adults are in this category, says Roland Sturm, a senior economist. **** -- Steve º¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤º Steve Chaney Remove "Vegetus." to get my real email address See the soc.singles HALL OF STUPID: http://member.newsguy.com/~gunhed/hallofstupid "If only sheep could cook, we wouldn't need women at all! 8)" - Dizzy, Message-ID: "Outside of this group, I don't remember hearing anyone in RL say that fat people are worthless." - some anonymous coward admitting the truth, Message-ID: "I watched The Accused last night with Jodie Foster. Tough movie. I was wondering what people felt as to whether or not they feel she deserved what happened to her." - Brenda Lee Ehmka, Message-ID: "Jade, your whole existence is spent trying to find people you can justify vetting your rage toward thorugh all forms of harassment. Do you realize that?" - Sunny, on Jade's life in a nutshell |
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