Post by CMF Newsman on Jan 18, 2012 11:42:59 GMT -5
America's obesity problem is proving just as hard to get rid of as a set of love handles.
More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Those numbers are no different than they were in 2003.
"It's good that we didn't see increases," said CDC researcher Cynthia Ogden. "On the other hand, we didn't see any decreases in any group."
Early in the decade, slight increases in obesity rates were seen among white, black and Hispanic men, and among Hispanic and black women. These changes may be leveling off, but the authors said they "found no indication that the prevalence of obesity is declining in any group."
Read more: www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57360364-10391704/u.s-obesity-epidemic-at-standstill-cdc-says/
More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Those numbers are no different than they were in 2003.
"It's good that we didn't see increases," said CDC researcher Cynthia Ogden. "On the other hand, we didn't see any decreases in any group."
Early in the decade, slight increases in obesity rates were seen among white, black and Hispanic men, and among Hispanic and black women. These changes may be leveling off, but the authors said they "found no indication that the prevalence of obesity is declining in any group."
Read more: www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57360364-10391704/u.s-obesity-epidemic-at-standstill-cdc-says/