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Obesity Rates Are Increasing Dramatically

Obesity Rates Are Increasing Dramatically. Increase in Obesity Rates Among Adults and Overweight Rates Among Children, 1971–2004 1. “. If the prevalence of obesity was the same today as 1987, health care spending in the US would be 10 percent lower per person—about $200 billion less. 2

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Obesity Rates Are Increasing Dramatically

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  1. Obesity Rates Are Increasing Dramatically Increase in Obesity Rates Among Adults and Overweight Rates Among Children, 1971–20041 “ If the prevalence of obesity was the same today as 1987, health care spending in the US would be 10 percent lower per person—about $200 billion less.2 • – Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease “ *BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’4” person Sources: 1National Center of Health Statistics and the CDC, National Center of Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2006 with Chartbook Trends in Health of Americans, 2006; 2Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, “An Unhealthy Truth: Rising Rates of Chronic Disease and the Future of Health in America,” at www.fightchronicdisease.org/pdfs/PFCDLaunch_FINAL5.14.ppt; K. Thorpe et al., “The Impact of Obesity in Rising Medical Spending,” Health Affairs, 2004.

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