If current trends continue, half of the U.S. population will be obese by 2030, according to a report by Columbia University researchers.
About one-third of the U.S. population is now obese. That would grow by 65 million people, reaching a total of about 164 million.
According to the authors, if every obese person decreased their body mass index by 1 percent (a loss of 2 pounds for a 200-pound adult), as many as 2.4 million diabetes cases, 1.7 million cases of heart disease and stroke and 127,000 cancer cases could be prevented. ...more
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