An Opposite Effect

This is NOT the direction that our country wants to go. According to the RobertWood Johnson obesity survey, this our country is becoming fatter and fatter. People yearn to become slim and working hard but despite ambitions, people give up and this leads to more of an epidemic. Read this article provided by Fox News

Report: Americans Fatter in 37 States
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The waistlines of Americans continued to expand in 37 states over the past year, with no state seeing a decrease in obesity rates, according to a report released Tuesday.

More than 25 percent of adults are obese in 28 states, an increase from 19 states last year, Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported in their fifth annual obesity survey. More than 20 percent of adults are obese — 30 pounds or more overweight — in every state except Colorado.

Nine of the Top 10 fattest states are in the south. Mississippi leads the pack with an adult obesity rate of 31.7 percent, according to the report, which is a follow-up analysis of the annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...