A new study found that by 2035, almost 50% of Americans will be medically obese. In 1990, that number was just 20%. Nonwhite Americans are much more likely to suffer.

On Wednesday, a new study published in JAMA by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle projected that by 2035, nearly half of all American adults, about 126 million individuals, will be living with obesity.

The study draws on data from more than 11 million participants via the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and from the independent Gallup Daily Survey.

The projections show a striking increase in the prevalence of obesity over the past few decades in the U.S. In 1990, only 19.3% of U.S. adults were obese, according to the study. That figure more than doubled to 42.5% by 2022, and is forecast to reach 46.9% by 2035.

  • TubularTittyFrog
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    8 hours ago

    to what?

    the average american consumes 3500-4000 calories… per day.

    a person of healthy weight typically burns 1800-2600 calories a day.

    we weight almost TWICE what we need. a lot of Americans could lose weight by simple dropping calorie consumption to 2500. but they don’t because food tastes good. especially fatty sugary food that has 2x your caloric need.

    many americans are eating their entire daily caloric needs in a single meal. then eating 2-3 more meals on top of that.