Nearly Half Of US Adults Could Have Obesity By 2030, Researchers Project

reports that medical scientists estimate by 2030, nearly half of US adults will have obesity and a quarter will have severe obesity. The Times said the projections of obesity are “just as terrifying from both a health and an economic perspective” as climate change. Projections have obesity most common among women, non-Hispanic black adults, and low-income adults. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/well/live/half-of-us-face-obesity-dire-projections-show.html