Vast Majority of Adults at Risk of Becoming Overweight or Obese

Vast Majority of Adults at Risk of Becoming Overweight or Obese Might as well face it, we're going to get fat. At least that's the gist of a new National Institutes of Health study showing that that over a 30-year period of research, nine out of 10 men and seven out of 10 women were overweight or became overweight, with more than one in three becoming obese.

Summarized in this NIH press release, the 30-year long study analyzed the short-term and long-term chances of developing overweight and obesity among more than 4,000 white adults, ages 30 to 59.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 65 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older are either overweight or obese, and approximately 30 percent of adults are obese.

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Body Mass Index Calculator
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Portion Distortion
Finding the Balance — A Parent Handbook
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005