It's not bubonic plague and you will get from cheeseburgers, blood thirsty rats, but the United States is a double chin deep in the epidemic of obesity.
According to the United States Centers for disease control and prevention, obesity has grown dramatically over the past 20 years. Obesity less than 20% have only Colorado and the District of Colombia.
But now, researchers say, United States of obesity reached 42%.
Published in the journal public library of Science Computational Biology, PLoS, scientists predict the number of obese people in the United States ' top ', ' by 42% over the next 40 years. Up to 8% from 2007 prediction of 34%.
Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30.
To study the mathematical model was applied to four decades of data retrieved from the Framingham study; long-term study examining health and habits of almost the whole city in Massachusetts.
Also find a link between obesity and you keep friends. Researchers say American has additional 0.5% chance of becoming obese obesity with every social contacts, i.e., they do every year.
The degree of obesity in the United States varies from State to State. CDC data shows Southern States tend to be the fattest.
Obesity affects the economy too. CDC data puts the total cost of the medical costs of obesity in $ 92.6 billion. Wow, that would buy a lot of burgers and fries ... the diet Coke, of course.
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