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- Obesity_in_the_United_States abstract "Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world.Obesity continues to grow within the United States and is becoming an increasing epidemic. There are many reasons why obesity is increasing. Some of which are related to finance and physical fitness. As a result many people with obesity have or will suffer from medical related problems. There are ways to reduce obesity which include dieting and physical activity. Furthermore in the process the people that do these things will feel healthier and contribute to defeating this epidemic which is obesity.Many Americans do not realize the health importance of a lower body weight and therefore do nothing to reduce their own obesity. One out of every three Americans is now considered to be obese. During the early 21st century, America often contained the highest percentage of obese people in the world. Obesity now leads to over 120,000 preventable deaths each year in the United States. An obese person in America is likely to incur $1,497 more in medical expenses each year. Approximately $190 billion is spent in added medical expenses per year within the United States. Obesity is a preventable disease that has had an increasing rate within the United States. Health authorities anticipate no diminishment of these figures.The United States had the highest rate of obesity for large countries, until obesity rates in Mexico surpassed that of the United States in 2013. From 13% obesity in 1962, estimates have steadily increased. The following statistics comprise adults age 20 and over living at or near the poverty level. The obesity percentages for the overall US population are higher. reaching 19.4% in 1997, 24.5% in 2004, 26.6% in 2007, and 33.8% (adults) and 17% (children) in 2008. In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported higher numbers once more, counting 35.7% of American adults as obese, and 17% of American children.According to a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), in 2008, the obesity rate among adult Americans was estimated at 32.2% for men and 35.5% for women; these rates were roughly confirmed by the CDC again for 2009–2010. Using different criteria, a Gallup survey found the rate was 26.1% for U.S. adults in 2011, up from 25.5% in 2008. Though the rate for women has held steady over the previous decade, the obesity rate for men continued to increase between 1999 and 2008, the JAMA study notes. Moreover, "The prevalence of obesity for adults aged 20 to 74 years increased by 7.9 percentage points for men and by 8.9 percentage points for women between 1976–1980 and 1988–1994, and subsequently by 7.1 percentage points for men and by 8.1 percentage points for women between 1988–1994 and 1999–2000."Obesity has been cited as a contributing factor to approximately 100,000–400,000 deaths in the United States per year and has increased health care use and expenditures, costing society an estimated $117 billion in direct (preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services related to weight) and indirect (absenteeism, loss of future earnings due to premature death) costs. This exceeds health-care costs associated with smoking or problem drinking and accounts for 6% to 12% of national health care expenditures in the United States.".
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- Obesity_in_the_United_States comment "Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world.Obesity continues to grow within the United States and is becoming an increasing epidemic. There are many reasons why obesity is increasing. Some of which are related to finance and physical fitness.".
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