America's obesity rate growing, at crisis point
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Wed, 08/24/2005 - 9:22pm
Today's BBC News has a story on the ever-increasing rate of overweight and obesity in America. The picture is not pretty:
[T]he situation had reached crisis point and current policies were failing.Study after study has shown that the only way to reduce this dangerous and expensive trend is to change the built environment--our cities and streets--to make them safer and more inviting for walking and bicycling, and for individuals to build walking and bicycling into the ordinary everyday activities of their lives.
Currently, about 119 million, or 64.5%, of US adults are either overweight or obese.
According to projections, 73% of US adults could be overweight or obese by 2008, Trust for America's Health warned. . . .
"We have reached a state of policy paralysis in regards to obesity," [said] Shelley Hearne of Trust for America's Health
"We have a crisis of poor nutrition and physical inactivity in the US and it's time we dealt with it." . . .
"This is no cosmetic irritation, it is a serious medical problem."
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