The obesity rate of America is the highest ever registered
Obesity rates in children are also increasing.
More Americansobessel Never before, according to a new report. The data show that the adult obesity rate is 42.4%. This is the highest rate in history and 26% in 2008.Trust for the health of America Published the state of obesity 2020: best policies for a healthier American report with information from disease control centers and the behavioral risk factor monitoring system.
The report identifies several trends related to the rise. These include demography, country regions, etc. It finds that black adults have the highest rates of adult obesity with 49.6%. Latinx adults follow with 44.8%. White adults have a 42.4% obesity rate and Asian adults have a 17.4% obesity rate.
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The rate is higher on the east coast, according to the report. Colorado has an adult obesity rate with 23.8%, while Mississippi has the higher 40.8%. In 2000, there was no one state with an adult obesity rate greater than 25%. Now, 12 states have a rate above 35%. None is further west than Oklahoma.
It also reveals that childhood obesity also increases. Nearly 20% of people aged 2 to 19 have obested. In the 1970s, only 5.5% did and the effects could last.
"Being overweight or obeying it as a young person, pose to higher obesity and health risks associated with adulthood," says the report. "In addition, children expose earlier what adult conditions were used, including high hypertension and high cholesterol."
In order to combat rising, America's health confidence suggests several ways to attribute money and resources. They say that funding should be given to the CDC for "obesity prevention programs, including the status physical and nutrition program and the racial and ethnic approaches of the Community health program".
The growth of the food stamp program, now called SNAP, can also help people have access to foods that are better for them. Other suggestions include encouraging companies to promote healthy lifestyles and to remain active and enact soda and sweet drinks.
COVID-19 and the rate of obesity - what is the connection?
The state of obesity 2020 Report also looks at the coronavirus. Obesity is an underlying health problem. Thus, those who have obeyed are more likely to see the great results should contract COVID-19. They are also three times more likely to be hospitalized because of the virus,According to the CDC. The report indicates that at the end, the adult adult obesity rate also means more than 40% of people have a higher risk of suffering serious consequences of a CVIV-19 infection.
One of America's health confidence that civil servants can solve this problem is to provide exemptions from the USDA's nutrition policy. Free school meals should also be provided for children in school this year.
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