Americans Still Getting Fatter – Study:
About 59 million people, one in every three U.S. adults, are now obese and the number of overweight children has tripled in the last two decades, according to studies published on Tuesday.
“The problem keeps getting worse,” said Tommy Thompson, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
“We’ve seen virtually a doubling in the number of obese persons over the past two decades and this has profound health implications. Obesity increases a person’s risk for a number of serious conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and some types of cancer,” he said in a statement.