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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
JFC, the demographic trends are much worse and have a longer basis than I had understood. this piece includes an interwoven and powerful visual narrative… well done.
“When he was in medical school in Pakistan, he was taught that a typical adult man weighs 70 kilograms — about 154 pounds. Today, the average man in the United States weighs about 200 pounds. Women on average weigh about 171 pounds — roughly what men weighed in the 1960s.
In 1990, 11.6 percent of adults in America were obese. Now, that figure is 41.9, according to the CDC.”
America’s epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon - The Washington Post