| As of 2005, the incidence of obesity continues to tip the scales in America. Review these fast facts on obesity in the United States that were released by a report named, “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America:”
1. Approximately, 119 million Americans are either overweight or obese.
2. Oregon is the only state where the obesity epidemic remains under control.
3. Mississippi is the heaviest state in the United States.
4. Coloradoans are weighing in at a featherlight weight which makes them the least heavy.
5. Over 25 percent of the adults in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana South Carolina and Michigan are the top ten states to account for obesity.
6. Both obesity and excess weight have been found to impose chronic and serious health risks. The medical conditions include the following: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension and other health maladies.
7. Across the borders of each state line, American cities and states are neglecting to meet the national goal of falling 15 percent below the population target of obesity.
8. Obesity will eventually impact the quality of life and American taxpayers
9. More than 64 percent of adult American population is either overweight or obese
10. The percentage of obese American adults has emerged by 1.5 percent over the last five years.
11. The United States Department of Health and Human Services endeavor to achieve the national goal to reduce obesity 15 percent by the year 2010.
12. Approximately, more than 15 percent of active duty U.S. military personnel are obese. Obesity is prevalent amongst discharged soldiers
13. Low-income individuals on food stamps are more prone to be obese opposed to higher income people.
14. A relationship between income, education and obesity has been identified in America.
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