More Overweight Americans Are Not Trying To Lose The Extra Pounds
Though the health risks of obesity are widely known, experts say that the difficulty of shedding weight and keeping it off is a top reason behind the trend.
Los Angeles Times:
As Obesity Keeps Rising, More Americans Are Just Giving Up
It stands to reason that if you know you’re overweight or obese, and you know your extra pounds are unhealthy, that you’ve made a stab at losing weight. Right? Not so much anymore, new research shows. The proportion of American adults who were either overweight or obese has been growing steadily for decades, rising from about 53% a generation ago to roughly 66% more recently. (Healy, 3/7)