Originally Posted by
sprince
Adult Obesity in the United States: The State of Obesity
Highest rate is 35.9%. But what is telling is if you go back through the years. If there were some kind of genetic factor there would be little change from year to year.
Fast Facts on the State of Obesity in America: The State of Obesity
There are some narrow demographics with > 50% being overweight. But there are also some data points that clearly indicate the causes, for example "Mississippi has the most adults in US not eating 1 fruit/day", "The 4 states with highest obesity rates also have the most adults who don't exercise", and "Colorado has the lowest obesity rate (21.3%) and the lowest rate of physical inactivity (16.4%)".
Not genetics, not fate, not inevitable.
You're equating overweight and obese when they're separate categories in most statistics.
35% obese plus well over 20% overweight = most people fat by my way of thinking.
Especially when a lot of the not fat are under 30 and will get to being fat soon enough.
Even the line for overweight is possibly higher than it should be just because such a major fraction of people are over their
ideal weight.
The
problem is genetically programmed and inevitable(with a few lucky exceptions).
I never said or meant that people can't overcome it or shouldn't try.
Anyway, fatness in the first world is a lot less sad than people still starving in the 3rd.