New research shows Obesity continues to rise in the U.S, Women "overtake" Men

[Tennis]

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Obesity is still rising among American adults, despite more than a decade of public-awareness campaigns and other efforts to get people to watch their weight, and women have now overtaken men in the obese category, new government research shows.

For the past several years, experts thought the nation's alarming, decades-long rise in obesity had levelled off. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Thursday that the obesity rate climbed to nearly 38 per cent of adults in 2013-14, up from 32 per cent about a decade earlier.

"This is a striking finding" and suggests that a situation that was thought to be stable is getting worse, said Dr. William Dietz, an obesity expert at George Washington University.

But another authority, the University of North Carolina's Barry Popkin, urged caution, saying the participants selected for the study may not have been representative of the nation as a whole.

Experts said they had no explanation for why the obesity rate appears to be rising.

The report also found a tipping of the scales toward women. Obesity rates for men and women had been roughly the same for about a decade. But in the new report, the rate was significantly higher for women, at 38 per cent, compared with 34 per cent for men.

Obesity — which means not merely overweight, but seriously overweight — is considered one of the nation's leading public health problems. Until the early 1980s, only about 1 in 6 adults were obese, but the rate climbed dramatically until it hit about 1 in 3 around a decade ago.

The new figures come from a regular government survey that has about 5,000 participants each year. In interviews, people tend to understate their weight and overstate their height. But participants in this survey are actually weighed. Because of that, it is considered the gold standard for measuring the nation's waistline.

The news comes after years of government anti-obesity campaigns to encourage people to eat better and exercise. Also, soda consumption has dropped in recent years, and fast-food chains have adopted healthier menus.

New federal rules have also been adopted to remove artificial trans fats from grocery store foods and to require chain restaurants to post calorie counts, though those have not gone into effect yet.

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Something has to be done about these people.
They are really destroying society.

Maybe time to start thinking outside the box and be more harsh with our measures?

[Kontinuum]

Women aren't obese, they are curvy you sexist pig.

[Deleted]

Do you think all the 'big is beautiful' shit is having an effect on this?

[zorkuus]

Let's put a ban on that fat.

[Mitters]

That's sexist you disgusting cis scum, I only drink 3 coke bottles a day, dont go telling me I don't know how to live my life, ACCEPT ME

ACCEPT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Kujako]

Eat faster men! You're not going to lose to a bunch of girls are ya!?

[zorkuus]

Eat faster men! You're not going to lose to a bunch of girls are ya!?

Let the women be #1 for once you misogynistic you!

[Templar 331]

Something has to be done about these people.
They are really destroying society.

Maybe time to start thinking outside the box and be more harsh with our measures?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Wow! Taking fat shaming to a whole new level. God I needed that laugh.

But seriously, why? Are you offended that it's women now? Was it okay that it was men before?

[Theodarzna]

Do you think all the 'big is beautiful' shit is having an effect on this?

I think your putting the cart before the horse. "Big is Beautiful," and "Fat is a Feminist issue!" is a response to the fact that a low of women have become ham planets and are consequently unattractive.

[Tennis]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Wow! Taking fat shaming to a whole new level. God I needed that laugh.

But seriously, why? Are you offended that it's women now? Was it okay that it was men before?

Fighting obesity isn't fat shaming.

[Mehrunes]

Let's put a ban on that fat.

Or increase your income tax by 1% for each kg of excess body fat you have.

[Moralgy]

I think your putting the cart before the horse. "Big is Beautiful," and "Fat is a Feminist issue!" is a response to the fact that a low of women have become ham planets and are consequently unattractive.

I've seen some people in those campaigns that have legs thicker than my entire body. I just have issues with these things because it doesn't keep to don't be an ass to fat people idea, it always ends up having lines like "men like curves not sticks" or something stupid like that.

[Rukh]

So we've had a major change between 80-90, around the rise of the internet.

[Tennis]

Do you think all the 'big is beautiful' shit is having an effect on this?

Being overweight shouldn't be encouraged.

[Theodarzna]

I've seen some people in those campaigns that have legs thicker than my entire body. I just have issues with these things because it doesn't keep to don't be an ass to fat people idea, it always ends up having lines like "men like curves not sticks" or something stupid like that.

Typically it does fall into that category. Mainly at its core its about women whom aren't happy with being fat and seen as unattractive.

[Tennis]

Let's put a ban on that fat.

How would that work?

[Villager720]

It's the food in America. Studies have found that American's are no more sedentary than most of the developed world. It's the quality of food (and portion size). Having traveled and lived abroad extensively, I can always tell a difference in just how I feel after I've eaten foreign food for a week. My energy level and general "health" just feels better. Even while eating the same foods (burgers for example) I shed weight fairly quickly (I'm not overweight even back home, but after years abroad I tend to be skin and bones upon return, eating roughly the exact same quantity and types of food).

Nothing American's are served is real anymore; Not even the grotesque amounts of sugar infused into everything is actual sugar. Don't blame the Americans; blame their government for letting the food industry engineer "food" without restraint. Blame greed.

[Grym]

it always ends up having lines like "men like curves not sticks" or something stupid like that.

Because non-feminist and feminist have very different definition of "curvy"

[Villager720]

Because non-feminist and feminist have very different definition of "curvy"

Neither of those women are curvy. One is well endowed and fairly normal framed. The other is grossly obese, and no one would argue otherwise.

[Tennis]

The one on the left is curvy I suppose. The one on the right...I wish I didn't see that. Thanks a lot ..