U.S. Population On Track to Getting Even Fatter

[LeafUF]

Good news, well more like bad news. If you are not overweight you are in a shrinking minority.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111116132920.htm

In 2020, the vast majority of adults in America will be overweight or obese and more than half will suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions, according to projections presented by Northwestern Medicine researchers at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions on Nov. 16, in Orlando, Florida.

In 2020, 83 percent of men and 72 percent of women will be overweight or obese.

Currently, 72 percent of men and 63 percent of women are overweight or obese (people who are overweight have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 to 29kg/m2, people who are obese have a BMI of 30kg/m2 or greater).

In 2020, 77 percent of men and 53 percent of women will have dysglycemia (either diabetes or pre-diabetes). Currently, 62 percent of men and 43 percent of women have dysglycemia.

[your_perfect_enemy]

That's really scary how unhealthy we have become as a nation and it's only going to increase our health care costs astromnomically. Staying in better shape needs to be a major part of any health care reform or our we're all going to be paying more. I really suspect it would work, money is one of if not the best motivating factors

I'm doing my part to reduce the trend and am only like 5 pounds away from falling out of the overweight category for the first time in 8-9 years. Granted I never should have been there to begin with

[LeafUF]

Good for you enemy. Obviously people should never let themselves get out of shape but things happen. Determining yourself to stop those things and get back to a healthy weight is a major challenge.

I am going to stay away from any health care reform talk because I just think it would require too much monitoring and knowing the government the more they get involved in the more messed up it would be. For example, I have no problem with using BMI but using it alone can be misleading. I am 180, my BMI calls that overweight, but I am only 15% bodyfat which is below the male average.

[Dreamliner]

The people who enshrined BMI are the same people who've been telling us to get 7-9 servings of grain a day.

Eat less. Move more.

[chrisleakfan4life]

I plan on not being one of those people.

[Jupgator]

Well, I'm 66, 5'10 and 154. and have never been overweight because I've always been careful about calories and exercise. My best friend from college was 6'1 and about 185 back in the day, but balooned to over 400 by the time he reached 50. Died of a massive heart attack at 59. Just about everyone I know is overweight now, including my wife. I get nothing but ambivalence if I mention even a hint about proper diet and exercise. Food is the most addicting "drug" out there imo.

[Dreamliner]

As a fitness trainer, one of the saddest realities I confront is the propensity among Americans, in particular, to associate happiness or gratification with a certain amount of food to be eaten ... such that they'd be unhappy to have to be content with less food than they are currently eating.

[Dreamliner]

Americans are fat because they hate food. Well, they must the way they bolt it down. At very least, I think it's fair to say they hold food in contempt. They won't even deign to taste it.

I have an obese trainee who says he eats food for 'reward.' He then allowed that he always feels lousy the next day for gorging. So, naturally I was led to inquire as to whether he was rewarding himself by gorging ... or punishing himself.

[LeafUF]

The shift is already starting in this country with the majority overweight or obese. The ones who are not are going to be the ones criticized for being different. It already happens all the time with people trying to throw roadblocks up to anyone who is trying to be more healthy.

[gatorman_07732]

I wonder if there is a link between America getting more obese and technology. People tend to entertain themselves exerting much less energy and they can gorge themselves with food at them same time. Just a thought.

[Dreamliner]

The shift is already starting in this country with the majority overweight or obese. The ones who are not are going to be the ones criticized for being different. It already happens all the time with people trying to throw roadblocks up to anyone who is trying to be more healthy.

This is a HUGE point. I'm already seeing it. One of the first variables I try to get my arms around is the level of support, spousal or otherwise. The vast majority, I suspect, sabotage a person's weight-loss goals unwittingly. But there are those who are mean-spirited enough to do it purposefully. It is sad and sometimes the weight-loss aspirant just has to be ruthless.

[LeafUF]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/

It's damn hard to lose weight and just generally get in shape. Americans are getting fatter every year, and 80 percent of people who lose weight gain it all back. Why does it seem so impossible?

Part of the reason is willpower and genetics, blah, blah, blah, but a big part of it is other people. Here are some of those often well-meaning monsters you must overcome in your battle to get healthy.

[Dreamliner]

^ That's great!

[96Gatorcise]

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/diet-nutrition/2010-11-05-obese05_ST_N.htm

The more obese friends you have, the more likely you are to become obese, a new study suggests. This confirms previous research that gaining weight may be socially contagious.

If you have fat friends, get rid of them. If you are the fat friend, you better lose weight or make fatter friends........