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It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why.
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 291" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/obesity-america-2018-charts" target="_blank"><strong>It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why. - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>“In America, the unhealthiest foods are the tastiest foods, the cheapest foods, the largest-portion foods.”</em></p><p></p><p>It’s no secret that Americans have gotten much, much bigger over the past few decades. The signs are all around us, from XXXL clothing sizes to supersize movie seats and even larger coffins.</p><p></p><p>According to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average American man now stands at 5-feet-9 1/4 inches tall and weighs 196 pounds — up 15 pounds from 20 years ago. For women, the change has been even more striking: The average female today stands 5-feet-3 3/4 inches and weighs 169 pounds. In 1994, her scale read 152 pounds</p><p></p><p>The latest CDC estimates now show that, as of 2016, 40 percent of US adults and 19 percent of youth were obese.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 291, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/obesity-america-2018-charts'][B]It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why. - Vox[/B][/URL] [I]“In America, the unhealthiest foods are the tastiest foods, the cheapest foods, the largest-portion foods.”[/I] It’s no secret that Americans have gotten much, much bigger over the past few decades. The signs are all around us, from XXXL clothing sizes to supersize movie seats and even larger coffins. According to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average American man now stands at 5-feet-9 1/4 inches tall and weighs 196 pounds — up 15 pounds from 20 years ago. For women, the change has been even more striking: The average female today stands 5-feet-3 3/4 inches and weighs 169 pounds. In 1994, her scale read 152 pounds The latest CDC estimates now show that, as of 2016, 40 percent of US adults and 19 percent of youth were obese. [/QUOTE]
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