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FACTS AND FIGURES
“Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that aregetting worse in this country, and they’re getting worse rapidly.”
Obesity and Overweight
•Two-thirdsofAmericanadultsweightoomuch.•Morethan27%areobese.That’s72millionpeople.Intheworststates,Mississippi,Alabama,West VirginiaandTennessee,thatgurerisestoover30%.•Ifratescontinuetorise,injustveyears’time,by2015,40%ofAmericanswillbeobese.•Obesepeoplesufferfrompoorerhealthincludingheartdisease,diabetesandcancer.•Obesityaccountsfornearly10%ofallmedicalcosts-thisamountsto$147billionannually.•Healthcarecostsare42%higherforsomeonewhoisobese–that’sover$1,400each.•Medicarespends$600moreonprescriptiondrugsforanobeseperson.
CDC Director Thomas Frieden, told the Weight of the Nation Conference in July 2009
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