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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Q: How many adults age 20 and older are overweight or obese (Body Mass Index, or BMI, > 25)?
A: Over two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese.[4]
All adults: 68 percent
Women: 64.1 percent
Men: 72.3 percent
Thats alot of people... and there are 305,689,000 americans, 68% of that is 207 868 520 americans overweight.
thats $297 044 115 080 more spent on health care for people that are obese... That is a lot of money
$ 297.04411508 billion (US dollars)
http://berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/...6/smoking.html
compared to $72.7 Billion spent on tobacco related illnesses, I think obesity is a way bigger problem...
Now think of the possibilities that extra money can be spent on, help ending poverty? |
The 300 million number is for the entire US population not the adult population. i get your point but your numbers are off.
Many people who are overweight cannot lose weight easily either due to lack of time to exercise, medical problems, and other factors factors that are somewhat to completely out of their control.