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F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009
Published: July 2009
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This report, the sixth annual edition of F as in Fat: How Obesity Rates Are Failing in America 2009, finds that in the past year, adult obesity rates grew in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state. Two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and the number of obese adults now exceeds 25 percent in nearly two-thirds of states. In 1991, no state had an adult obesity rate above 20 percent. In 1980, the national average of obese adults was 15 percent.
The report also finds disturbing trends in childhood obesity rates. Nearly one third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Mississippi had the highest rate of obese and overweight children at 44.4 percent. Minnesota and Utah had the lowest rate at 23.1 percent. Eight of the 10 states with the highest rates of obese and overweight children are in the South, as are nine of the 10 states with the highest rates of poverty.
Additionally, obesity rates are likely to grow even more in the next year due to the economic downturn, which has a negative impact on the health of Americans.
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F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2008
By:
Vinter S, Levi J, St. Laurent R and Segal LM
Publication date:
August 19, 2008
Summary:
This report analyzes obesity rates in the United States and finds the epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate in most states, and that the programs and policies designed to reverse the disease have not yet had any significant...
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2007
By:
Levi J, Segal LM and Gadola E
Publication date:
August 2007
Summary:
Two-thirds of American adults are obese or overweight and in the past year obesity rates have continued to rise in 31 states. Eighty-five percent of Americans believe that obesity is an epidemic, according to a new poll conducted by Trust for America's Health...
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2006
By:
Trust for America's Health
Publication date:
August 2006
Summary:
Too many American adults and children are overweight or obese, and the trend is not getting any better. Being overweight or obese increases an individual's risk of developing 35 major diseases. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also...