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Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

theconversation.com

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208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

theconversation.com

Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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If obesity trends continue on the current trajectory, more than 80% of US adults will be overweight or obese.
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    Only 208 million?

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      Yeah. Only 60% of our entire population. Lol. We should be cutting health insurance for fat people instead of poor people. The % of coverage you get is scaled with your % of body fat. Let the rest of the fat fucks die natural fat causes. /s

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      Out of 335 million, or 62%.

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        7 months ago

        I know, I was thinking more like 70-75%…

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          It takes a lot of bad nutrition to make children obese

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            Not necessarily… It takes food deserts and poverty.

            If mom and dad can’t afford to go anywhere but McDonalds, it’s going to happen.

            https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4205193/

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              It’s statistically way less likely.

              But also anecdotally, I have seen way too many kids sustained on McDonald’s or worse, and they often remain a healthy weight.

              What’s going on nutrient wise is hard to tell, but it’s not easy to make a kid fat. You have to really impress some bad eating habits on them to make it happen.

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