The Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation released its annual report
on obesity this week. According to the
latest data, adult obesity rates increased in six states (Alaska, Delaware,
Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wyoming) over the last year. Mississippi and West Virginia have the highest
rates of obesity at 35.1 percent, while Colorado has the lowest rate at 21.3
percent. The report further states,” Twenty states have rates at or above 30
percent, 43 states have rates of at least 25 percent and every state is above
20 percent.” Obesity rates did not
decline in a single state.
“Until we start moving more and think more about the quality
of the food we’re eating, we’re not going to fully reverse this epidemic,” said
Jeffrey Levi, PhD, executive director of the Trust for America's Health (TFAH),
in a press conference, reported TIME.
He attributed the historic number to bad eating habits, lack of physical
activity, fast-food chains, and scarcity of affordable nutritious foods in many
areas.
The silver lining? While cheap sugary treats and lack of
exercise still put kids at risk, especially those in the black and Latino
communities, the prevalence of obesity among all American children has leveled
off. Last February, the CDC reported
that childhood obesity rates in the U.S. dropped 43 percent from 2003 to 2012.
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