It is alarming, according a CDC funded report released May 7th that by 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, compared to 34 percent now, and 11 percent will be severely obese, compared to the current 6 percent.
This will severely cripple health care in the US as we already know that obesity leads to diabetes, heart diseases, cancer and early death. The estimated cost of obesity is a staggering $190 billion a year in the US. This not only has enormous economic implications but also threatens national security according to the Institute of Medicine.
On Tuesday, May 8, Reuters reported:
(Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday, May 8.
In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part of individuals. Instead, it embraces policy proposals that have met with stiff resistance from the food industry and lawmakers, arguing that multiple strategies will be needed to make the U.S. environment less "obesogenic."
Read the rest of Reuters news article here.
This will severely cripple health care in the US as we already know that obesity leads to diabetes, heart diseases, cancer and early death. The estimated cost of obesity is a staggering $190 billion a year in the US. This not only has enormous economic implications but also threatens national security according to the Institute of Medicine.
On Tuesday, May 8, Reuters reported:
(Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday, May 8.
In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part of individuals. Instead, it embraces policy proposals that have met with stiff resistance from the food industry and lawmakers, arguing that multiple strategies will be needed to make the U.S. environment less "obesogenic."
Read the rest of Reuters news article here.
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