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Obesity
Statistics
Obesity is
on the incline, it is reaching epidemic proportions.
It is ruining the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of people
worldwide,
and killing tens of thousands of people prematurely every year. In
response to
this health experts have done a lot of research into this condition.
The recent
research statistics are actually quite worrying and show no sign of a
decline
in the amount of people being diagnosed with this condition. In this
article
we'll be looking at adult obesity statistics.
Research statistics revealed that there has been a huge
increase of obesity throughout the world. However this increase is more
evident
in the United
States, England and Canada. Over the last 30
years
obesity has been on the increase with out bias, this increase has
affected
people regardless of sex, age, or ethnic group.
Obesity Statistics -
Men VS Women
Research suggests that the occurrence of
obesity in people
increases with age. If we take a look at men and women in the 16-24 age
category
you'll find that roughly 28% of men and 27% of women in this age
category are
obese in the world. That is quite a high figure, but it gets worse,
because
around 76% of men and 68% of women in the 55-64 age category are obese.
That’s an
increase of almost threefold in men and more than twofold in women.
Obesity Statistics
1962 - 2000 and beyond
Between the years 1962 and 2000 the obesity
rates have nearly tripled.
In 1962 13% of the American population were overweight, but in the year
2000
that rose to a worrying 31%. Currently around 6 in 10 Americans are
overweight
meaning they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25kg/m2 (this figure is
equally
split between men and women).
Out of the 6 in 10 Americans that are overweight just over
half of them are obese which means they have a BMI of over 30kg/m2. The
future
of obesity looks very grim, it has been predicted that by the year 2020
33% of adults in the USA will be obese.
Obesity Statistics -
America VS England
In England the rates of obesity are lower than they are in the United
States of America. And whilst in America
a higher percentage of men suffer from obesity than women do it is
actually the
other way round in England.
17% of men and 21% of women are
obese. This is double the figure for
obese men and women in England in the mid 1980's.
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