In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to be overweight or obese, according to a new study.
‘Obesity is at a crisis point’, according to a study that predicts 260 million in US will be overweight or obese by 2050. In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to be overweight or obese, according to a
The study noted that some regions of the country are more likely to be affected, with Southern states having a disproportionately larger population with obesity. States with the highest prevalence of obesity now will continue to have high numbers including Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, West Virginia and Kentucky. Compared with 2021, the largest increases are expected in Colorado and New Mexico.
“Our analysis lays bare the decades-long failure to tackle the growing overweight and obesity epidemic in the US,” said study co-author Emmanuela Gakidou, the co-founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Sweetened beverages are often a contributor to obesity, noted Popkin, who wasn’t involved with the new research. More than 40 countries and some US cities, including Philadelphia and Oakland, have imposed taxes on these drinks, and many saw a reduction in calorie consumption.
In his first term, Trump’s budgets repeatedly proposed cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program. Trump’s administration alsomany of the Obama-era rules that were meant to give children access to healthier school meals and brought back sugar-sweetened beverages like chocolate milk.
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