American Adults Just Keep Getting Fatter

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U.S. adults continue to put on the pounds. New data show that nearly 40 percent of them were obese in 2015 and 2016, a sharp increase from a decade earlier, federal health officials reported.

The prevalence of severe obesity in U.S. adults is also rising, heightening their risks of developing heart disease, diabetes and various cancers. According to the latest data, published Friday in JAMA, 7.7 percent of U.S. adults were severely obese in the same period.

“Most people know that being overweight or obese is unhealthy, and if you eat too much that contributes to being overweight,” said Dr. James Krieger, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington and executive director of Healthy Food America, an advocacy group. “But just telling people there’s a problem doesn’t solve it.”

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  1. וישמן ישורון ויבעט Yeshurun became fat and kicked.
    The Torah predicts, vayishman yeshurun vayivat. When the (Jewish) people become fat – they accrue wealth, they will rebel and throw G-d out of their lives.

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