What’s Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity?

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Popkin, Barry M. (2010). What's Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity?. Virtual Mentor, 12(4), 316-320.

Abstract

Overweight and obesity levels in the U.S. and the U.K. are fairly similar [1]. In both, more than two-thirds of adults are overweight and obese. At the upper levels—the 95th percentile of the body mass index (BMI) distribution—U.K. women are approaching the size of the United States’ heaviest individuals [2]. The U.S. has a slightly higher prevalence of obesity (as distinct from overweight); at the rate of increase of the past decade, however, U.K. adult women will be as heavy as U.S. women at the 95th percentile in a decade. Though the U.S. population is not significantly fatter overall than the U.K. population, we are in far worse shape in that our societal views of and approach to addressing obesity are less effective.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.pfor2-1004

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Journal Article

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2010

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Virtual Mentor

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Popkin, Barry M.

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