Study: 1 in 50 Americans Morbidly Obese

Monday, October 13th, 2003

Disturbing. 1 in 50 Americans Morbidly Obese:

The number of extremely obese American adults — those who are at least 100 pounds overweight — has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.

The accompanying graphic from the CDC shows obesity more than doubling since 1986 and severe obesity almost quadrupling.

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