Three-quarters of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese
Three-quarters of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese
A sweeping new paper reveals the dramatic rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990.
Summary
A new Lancet study reveals nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, a sharp rise from just over half in 1990.
Obesity among adults doubled to over 40%, while rates among girls and women aged 15–24 nearly tripled to 29%.
The study highlights significant health risks, including diabetes, heart disease, and shortened life expectancy, alongside projected medical costs of up to $9.1 trillion over the next decade.
Experts stress obesity’s complex causes—genetic, environmental, and social—and call for structural reforms like food subsidies, taxes on sugary drinks, and expanded treatment access.
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When I bring my rice and veggy curry to lunch I become a spectacle for everyone. Because they are all either ordering fast food, not eating, or just eating junk and snack food. This is a huge problem, why am I spectacle for doing something so basic?
There are actually microaggressions from people to me just because I eat healthy.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with stinking up the entire building.
Some previous coworkers I had were blown away by a pear that I brought as part of my lunch. A pear!!!
edit: duh, not pair
I can't tell if you're kidding, but the homonym you're looking for is pear.
I was really confused for a second thinking, "a pair of what" then I realized you meant pear!! Lol. English is fun
People hate being reminded that the conveniences they enjoy are unhealthy/unethical/etc. All it takes is somebody else choosing differently to trigger defensiveness and denialism. Rather than making changes to their own life they choose to ridicule those who are making better decisions.
Business school calls it Escalation of Commitment.
Go Vegan :)
The reason people don't like vegans is because they interject themselves into conversations that are only tangential to the topic.
Diet
Health
Respond to comment about making healthy/ethical decisions and people's defensiveness about it.
Yeah that seems 'tangentially' related. You sound like the guy the commenter was describing.
Doesnt matter if you dislike vegans. Stop abusing animals 💁🏼♂️
there is no reason to believe this person abuses animals. don't make spurious accusations.
Already have :)
Hella righteous brother 😎👉👉