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1 OBESITY AND THE ECONOMICS OF PREVENTION : FIT NOT FAT KEY FACTS UNITED STATES, UPDATE 2014 A. ADULTS 1. Soaring OBESITY rates make the US the fattest country in the OECD, with of obese adults. Roughly 70% of US adults are overweight, which corresponds to the second highest rate in the OECD (just after Mexico, ). Overweight and OBESITY rates increased steadily since the 1980s in both men and women. The latest data confirm the findings of the OBESITY Update 2012, and show that the prevalence of overweight has grown at a slower pace than previously projected by the OECD, which had foreseen a 1% per year growth until 2020, assuming past long-term trends would continue unabated.
1 45% OBESITY AND THE ECONOMICS OF PREVENTION: FIT NOT FAT KEY FACTS – UNITED STATES, UPDATE 2014 A. ADULTS 1. Soaring obesity rates make the US the fattest country in the OECD, with 36.5% of obese
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