Posts Tagged ‘Americans’
The US Obesity Epidemic in Recent Years
Saturday, February 4th, 2012One Small Victory Reported in the War On American Childhood Obesity
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008After a 25 year increase, it seems that the percentage of obese or overweight children has plateaued. This news offers us some hope that perhaps the future of America will not be riddled with diabetes and heart disease.
One expert, Dr. David Ludwig, has commented that even though he is encouraged by these findings, “it is still too soon to know if this really means we’re beginning to make meaningful inroads into this epidemic. It may simply be a statistical fluke.” Another expert maintains that there is at least a small level of optimism about these results.