Americans Getting More Exercise, But Are Also Increasingly Obese

reports a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics found that 31.4 percent of Americans over the age of 20 were obese in 2017, up from 19.4 percent who were obese in the 1997 version of the study. Meanwhile, the number of Americans getting regular exercise has increased, with 53.8 percent of Americans meeting physical activity guidelines recommended by the federal government in 2017, up from 41 percent who met those guidelines as recently as 2005. Scientists at the National Center for Health Statistics “said there is no way to decipher whether the figures show that those who are obese are working out more, or if it is only those who do not qualify as obese who tend to get more exercise.” http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/378478-study-americans-getting-more-exercise-but-increasingly-obese