National Public Radio’s Here & Now is covering the U.S. obesity epidemic this week, highlighting the fact that the number of people who are overweight or obese has nearly doubled since the 1980s.
The numbers have gotten to the point in which obesity is arguably the most pressing public health issue of our day. Roughly one in three adults in the United States are obese (up about 9 percent from 1999), obesity costs the country more than $147 billion each year.
Check out today’s segment on Here & Now.
Infographic source: CalorieLab.com
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