Adult obesity rates rise in 16 States -- no state decreased
According to a recent report (F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011), adult obesity rates rose in 16 States over the past year -- no state decreased.
Overweight and obesity adversely affect blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and insulin, and increase the risk of coronary heart disease, ischaemic stroke, type 2 diabetes and several types of cancer – breast, colon, endometrium, kidney, oesophagus and pancreas.
According to the World Health Organization's report 'Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010', 2.8 million people die worldwide each year as a result of being overweight or obese. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled between 1980 and 2008.
Other highlights from the report include:
- Obesity rates exceed 25 percent in more than two-thirds of states (38 states).
- Over the past 15 years, diabetes rates have doubled in ten states. In 1995, only four states had diabetes rates above six percent.
- Now, 42 states and Washington, D.C. have diabetes rates over seven percent and 31 states and Washington, D.C. have rates above eight percent.
(chart source - F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011)
For more information on chronic conditions and prevention efforts, visit Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease.
