A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling. Is this a turning point in the obesity epidemic or a temporary plateau?

A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.

Key Takeaways
  • Recent data shows a slight decline in US obesity rates, but experts caution it’s too early to declare a turning point in the obesity epidemic.
  • GLP-1 agonists show promise in combating obesity as trials demonstrate the drugs help people lose 10–20% of their body weight and reduce their risk of weight-related health problems.
  • However, the high cost and limited insurance coverage of GLP-1 agonists present significant barriers to widespread adoption, and other preventative initiatives would need to be adopted to keep obesity trends declining.
  • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    158·
    10 days ago

    I visited there last year. Holy shit you guys are fucking fat.

    Nothing going on with inflation or the economy has stopped you guys from eating

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      9 days ago

      You haven’t thought this comment through and it shows. Inflation raises the cost of healthy food and therefore healthy diet. Same with other economic factors. There’s whole avenues of study dedicated to this which is why so many other countries have banned certain food additives that are used in American food stuffs. Companies are literally poisoning Americans to make more profit and making the healthy stuff so expensive that the average consumer (lots of whom are already food insecure) can’t afford to buy healthy food so they buy what junk is available cheaply.

      I understand that you meant that the poor economy doesn’t seem to have stopped us from stuffing ourselves but like I said, you didn’t think your comment through.

      • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1315·
        9 days ago

        I see where youre going with that but oats and beans are still cheap. There’s other options besides wagyu steak and crown rib. People eat shit food because 4 million years of evolution taught us to eat shit food when it was available. The struggle involves cost but that’s too easy a scapegoat. Lentils, beans, rice, potatoes, salad greens, etc… all cheap. Dont be a fat apologist.

        Dont forget, inflation is happening in Japan too. But they haven’t gone jumbo because they tend to eat healthier.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          114·
          9 days ago

          I visited there last year

          Dude, don’t tell us how food availability works and is affected by socioeconomic strata in our own country when you don’t live here and clearly aren’t a specialist on the topic. If you want to actually learn something about the dynamic, look up “food deserts”.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          9 days ago

          Forget it dude. We Americans will bend over backwards to tell you we can’t help being fat.

          What I’ve noticed since the 80s is that the level of obesity considered “acceptable” in society has gone up dramatically. “I’m not that fat! Look at the guy over there!” Rinse and repeat.

          I can go to Walmart, right now, and see people we would have gawked at in the 80s, even 90s. Not like we wished to be rude, seeing people that huge would have caught us off guard.

          • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            9 days ago

            It’s troubling. I’ve seen the same. We used to see ‘a few extra pounds’. In school there were few if any fat kids, and those few who had an extra pound or two would be simply “husky”.
            Now in walmart every 5th person is morbidly obese; the size of a double door refrigerator. The argument breaks down that they “simply can’t afford better food”. What’s worse is the reverse backlash: the admonition that “real women have curves.” In other words, people who choose to eat right and exercise aren’t real. They’re malnourished waifs that should be ostracized. I’ve seen a good bit of fat shaming in my time but it doesn’t hold a candle to thin shaming.

            • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              6 days ago

              thin shaming

              Been skinny my whole life, jesus, I get that.

              Dated a woman that had kidney issues, dialysis 3 times a week, anorexic kinda skinny. Complete strangers would walk up to her to suggest she eat more, try to fix her. Fuck me. (Turned out to be a pretty hateful woman, got herself a new kidney, hope she’s better.)

              Talking to a close friend about our mutual friend. They were both 20 or so and I said something about the guy being fat as hell.

              “Nah! He’s pudgy, but he’s not really fat!”

              “Dude. Aside from the jocks, he would have been the fattest kid in my class ('89) of 400.”

              His jaw dropped, didn’t know what to say. This man is about 5’7" and 250, easy.

              And god forbid we talk about the environmental impact. Nope, not talking about that.