Broken down by race, as the government prefers to do, indicate that the racial group with the most fat people is blacks, followed by Hispanics. The fewest fat people are among Asians.
By state, the fattest ones with obesity rates of at least 35% include almost half:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Guam and Puerto Rico also had an obesity rate of at least 35%.
It’s safe to say our public health advisers have failed us. Studies show obesity is a reflection or more than just inactivity It has to do with endocrine disruptors, toxins, and other poisons in our food and medicine that impact metabolism or the ability to convert food into energy.
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The following is from CDC.
New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High
New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one in five adults (20%) in each U.S. state is living with obesity.
“This new data highlight the need for obesity prevention and treatment options, which start with building healthier communities where people of all ages have safe places for physical activity, and where health care and healthy food options are accessible and affordable for all,” said Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, director of CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. “Obesity prevention at young ages is critical, because we know that children with obesity often become adults with obesity. This is one of the reasons why we prioritize state and community investments in effective child care and family healthy weight programs.”
The 23 states with the highest adult obesity rates (35% or higher) include: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Guam and Puerto Rico also had an obesity rate of at least 35%. State-based adult obesity prevalence by race, ethnicity, and location uses self-reported height and weight data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Obesity impacts some groups more than others. There are notable differences by race and ethnicity, as shown by combined BRFSS data from 2021–2023.
- Asian adults do not have an obesity prevalence at or above 35% in any state (among 37 states, 1 territory, and DC).
- In 16 states, White adults have an obesity prevalence at or above 35% (among 47 states, 2 territories, and DC).
- In 30 states, American Indian or Alaska Native adults have an obesity prevalence at or above 35% (among 44 states).
- In 34 states, Hispanic adults have an obesity prevalence at or above 35% (among 47 states, 3 territories, and DC).
- In 38 states, Black adults have an obesity prevalence at or above 35% (among 46 states, 1 territory, and DC).
“Obesity is a complex disease. There’s a common misconception that obesity is a result of lack of willpower and individual failings to eat well and exercise,” said Ruth Petersen, MD, director of CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. “Many factors contribute to obesity like genes, certain medications, poor sleep, gut microbiome, stress, access to affordable food, safe places to be active, and access to health care. Understanding these factors helps us identify potential prevention and treatment strategies.”
CDC partners with communities, states, and tribes to help improve health and reduce obesity among populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic diseases across the country. CDC invests in programs like SPAN, HOP, and REACH to help increase access to healthy food options, establish safe and accessible places for physical activity, and promote stigma-free obesity prevention and treatment programs. These programs fund 17 states, 50 community and tribal organizations, and 16 land grant universities.
Obesity treatment can also include obesity medications, such as GLP-1s recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, combined with health behavior and lifestyle interventions.
An adult with obesity has a body mass index of 30 or higher. Obesity is a disease that can cause many health conditions such as asthma, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and severe outcomes from respiratory illnesses. In addition, the stigma and bias about a person’s weight can cause social and mental health consequences, such as anxiety and poor body image.
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Ms. Attkisson: You just wrote a book slamming all the Federal Alphabet Agencies that deal with our health (eg FDA, CDC, NIH etc). You make a good case that all of them are over-influenced by the pharmaceuticals-in that the pharmaceuticals bribe many of the doctors and so-called health experts to fudge research results so that drugs produced by the Pharmaceuticals can be highlighted as “safe and effective”.
So, we can’t do the research ourselves, and history teaches us that most of the health experts and docs said lockdowns were the right thing to do (never mind businesses who were forced to shut down because of that. And never mind the mental-health of kids who were forced to abide by lockdowns. And never mind the fact that everyone was breathing-not fresh air-but stale and-perhaps-tainted air.)
Oh yes, one more thing. The COVID vax was guaranteed by the Fed honchos at the FDA, CDC, NIH etc.-and also by Government bureaucracy and elected politicians. The all assured us the vax was “safe and effective”, where it wasn’t safe and it was effective for a few weeks on only older Americans with COVID.
I agree with your conclusion. I’m 76 years old and I see it. In the 50’s and 60’s-not too many fat people running around. Now today there don’s seem to be too many thin people.
I’m not sure about the analysis though. I watch my weight and after years and years I found out that not only are fewer calories important in maintaining a healthy weight, but when and what you eat matter also.
What peeves me to distraction is that we, the taxpayers, are paying for the Government Agencies research today on weight-when they didn’t do a good job on COVID.
Everything you say or could say that would be helpful can be said in an article or two in a magazine. Since the research (and the remedies) are published by the Government Agencies I really can’t say I trust what is said or written by these Agencies.
One more thing: It is astounding that-without the Government’s nanny-state tactics- people of the 1800’s were not fat. And, like I said there weren’t too many fat people-according to my observations-in the 50’s and 60’s.
You want to know when people started getting fat. Once the Government put its seal of approval on the new dietary regimens (I think it was around the late 60’s or early 70’s)-where carbohydrates were good for you and all fat was bad. Of course the food companies influenced this imprimatur.
It is also the time when we started getting an epidemic of diabetes, heart disease and cancer-all of which were treated by medicine developed by Pharmaceutical Companies.
“Russian Collusion” was proved to be a farce instigated by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton in particular. No one apologized for this gaslighting (the NYTimes, the televised media, the Government politicians).
So why, in heavens name, do you believe all of them on the issue of obesity?
Eating healthy foods, not OVER-eating, and getting reasonable exercise are — or SHOULD be — matters of simple common sense. If you have fully-grown people who don’t already know that, lecturing them about it isn’t going to do much good.
Further, the more exercise one gets, the more they can get away with over-eating and/or eating less-healthy foods, so perhaps exercise is the real missing ingredient.
We have the fattest poor people in the world.