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> Plentiful nutrition which has led to 90% of the population of the USA being overweight, obese, or overfat is another potential culprit. Yeah I’m gonna need s
by GhettoMaestro 7y ago
> Plentiful nutrition which has led to 90% of the population of the USA being overweight, obese, or overfat is another potential culprit.
Yeah I’m gonna need some data to believe that one. 90% obese / overweight? I’m calling bullshit.
- dekhn 7y agoYes, it's more like 35-40%.
- effie 7y agoIn 2014, 73% of men, 67% of women. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity#prevalence https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...
- dekhn 7y agoI'm going off this page: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf Please note the table you showed the 73% is combination of "overweight" and "obese" while the row that shows obese is the same number as my citation.
- dekhn 7y agoI don't understand why people are downvoting me when I'm literally quoting the stats from the agency that defines this. If you're downvoting, can you at least reply to provide some technical signal so I can update my knowledge? EDIT: I misread the original message and thought it was referring to just obesity, not obesity/overweight.
- kurtisc 7y agoThe original post included 'overweight'
- GhostVII 7y agoLooks like it's closer to 70% [0], for adults at least. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm
- javagram 7y agohttps://torontosun.com/2017/07/25/90-of-us-men-are-overfat-are-you/wcm/08d58bf8-3a86-46c4-bd71-2b90eef3aba8 https://torontosun.com/2017/07/25/90-of-us-men-are-overfat-a... Edit: I should have said adults in the parent post though, this statistic doesn’t apply to kids.