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Most Americans are obese or overweight and 40% of Americans wouldn't be able to scrap together $400 in an emergency. Suffering from one or both of those conditi

Most Americans are obese or overweight and 40% of Americans wouldn't be able to scrap together $400 in an emergency. Suffering from one or both of those conditions at middle age would be good cause for situational depression.

xvedejas 7y ago
Obesity rates in the US are at about 30%, which I don't think counts as "most". https://www.stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/ https://www.stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/
- fat-people 7y ago
  When you think about what "obesity" actually means, 30% is a staggering number. Remember that being overweight is not the same as true "obesity" and that no individual finds their way to obesity without first being overweight for a time. Knowing population distribution curves for what they are, if 30% are obese, how many more are simply overweight?
- oska 7y ago
  The majority are obese or overweight. The GP comment forgot the second half of the formulation.
  - sjg007 7y ago
    60% are overweight or obese, which is the majority. Clearly we can survive on less.
    - oska 7y ago
      It's now reached the two thirds mark (67%) in some countries, including the US. This is the case in my own country of Australia where it's roughly one third normal weight, one third overweight and one third obese. [1] [1] https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/4364.0.55.001~2017-18~Main%20Features~Key%20Findings~1 https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject...