The sad individual and societal costs of the obesity epidemic
According to data from the CDC, obesity has risen “significantly” in the past decade. Now, more than one in three adults are obese. An interesting new article from ConsumerProtect, a consumer protection advocacy group, dove into this trend further — looking at the most, and least, obese states in the nation, as well as exercise levels and health in those states.
Mississippi lands the No. 2 spot on the obesity index, with 37.3%. It too has other accompanying factors including the lowest life expectancy, the second lowest level of people who report no exercise and the highest rate of people who eat less than one piece of fruit a day. One thing that’s important to point out is that there are costs — both individual and societal — to America’s obesity epidemic. One study found that obese people face medical costs that are more than $1,400 per year higher than those who are at a healthier weight; another estimate put that number at about $2,700. They’re also more likely than normal weight people to earn less, another study found.
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