Obesity Rates Leveling Off In US

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Well, there is some good news/bad news here. The latest study shows that the rates are leveling off, but that men have almost caught up with women and that the fattest people are much fatter than they were back in 2000. The stats for middle aged people are really bad which means that as they age, the problem will probably get worse. Now, if we could just get the rate to go down…

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About 35.3 percent of women and 33.3 percent of men were considered obese in the 2005-2006 survey, which is statistically about even.

Obesity was most common among adults aged 40 to 59. About 40 percent of men in this age range were obese versus 28 percent of men 20 to 39.

Some 41 percent of women 40 to 59 were obese, compared with 30.5 percent of women in the 20 to 39 age range.

While obesity rates appear to be leveling off, the report shows that Americans on the whole are heavier, and people who are the fattest are much heavier than they were in 1980.