America’s
obesity epidemic shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third
of adults and almost 17% of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing
results since 2003, the CDC said yesterday. “It’s good that we didn’t
see increases. On the other hand, we didn’t see any decreases in any
group,” said CDC researcher Cynthia Ogden. Early in the decade, slight
increases were seen among white, black and Hispanic men, and among
Hispanic and black women. These changes may be leveling off, but the
authors said they “found no indication that the prevalence of obesity is
declining in any group.” In 2009-2010, more than 78 million adults and
almost 13 million children aged 2-19 were obese. Overall, 33% adults
were overweight but not obese, versus about 15% of children and teens.
