[7.20.2007]
New Study Predicts that 75% of American Adults Will be Overweight by 2015
According to a recent study released by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, if the increase in obesity and overweight continues at its current pace, 75 percent of adults and 24 percent of children will be overweight or obese by 2015.
The study, which was promoted in a July 10th press release from the JHU School of Public Health and included data from a number of national surveys, also stated that many low-income minority groups are disproportionately affected by this epidemic. According to study co-author May A. Beydoun, "Obesity is likely to continue to increase, and if nothing is done, it will soon become the leading preventable cause of death in the United States."
Additionally, the study found that:
-41% of adults in America will be obese by 2015.
-66% of U.S. adults were overweight or obese in 2004.
-80% of African American women over the age of 40 are overweight and 50% are obese.
-16% of children and adolescents are overweight and 34% are at risk of becoming overweight in 2003-2004.
For more information on this study, including other findings and results from other studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, please click here.
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