Two-thirds of us are either overweight or obese. The exact numbers are: 68.8% of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese; 35.7% are obese.
35.5% American women are overweight compared to 32.2% of American men.
According to the US Census Bureau, there were 308,745,538 of
us in 2010. That would mean 210 million Americans
are overweight and 105 million are clinically obese.
At least 5 million people in the United States are 100 or
more pounds overweight! Most of these people suffer in silent frustration. It
doesn't have to be this way!
Being overweight is not caused by how much we eat but
what we eat. What makes us overweight is not that we eat so much more, but that
we get our calories from refined carbs, fat, or mostly low-nutrient food.
As long as we
are eating empty calories and fatty foods, it is difficult to lose weight
healthfully.
These figures are very sad to read. It is a real shame that most of us are overweight. And the situation is also very serious in other countries. I love your blog. I look forward to read more of your articles. I hope more people can read them too and start making their first steps to lost weight.
ReplyDeleteTo lose weight successfully and keep it off, you have to adopt a way of eating that you can stick with for the rest of your life.
ReplyDeleteThis is ocurring in other American Countries too. The children need to excercice and have phiscal activities, they are young and would be easy for them to avoid the overweight, buy most like to sit and watch TV all day. They can avopid the overweight and adults, also can do it.
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