Adult obesity rates are rising, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday, targeting 16 states with a prevalence of adult obesity of at least 35%, compared to the nine states in 2018.
A dozen states reached the threshold in 2019 and the list of states now includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware (new this year), Indiana, Iowa (new this year), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi , Ohio (new this year), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (new this year) and West Virginia, “the health agency wrote in a statement.
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The figures released on Wednesday include data up to 2020 and come from the current ones Behavioral risk factor monitoring system telephone survey. The CDC also reported “notable racial and ethnic disparities,” with zero states with a high prevalence of obesity among non-Hispanic Asian residents and 35 states, and the District of Colombia is above 35% of the obesity rate. among non-Hispanic black residents, among others. disparities.
Obesity is a common chronic disease that increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and worsening mental health, the CDC notes. Obesity also increases the risk of a severe attack of COVID-19 disease after a viral infection.
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Additional meetings indicated on Wednesday that the prevalence of obesity decreased among people with higher education and that the Midwest and South had the highest prevalence of obesity, with 34% each, followed by the West and North. -this, with 29.3% and 28%, respectively. In addition, adults aged 18 to 24 were associated with the lowest self-reported obesity rate (19.5%) versus adults aged 45 to 54 with the highest prevalence, approximately 38%.
“Changing the current course of obesity will require a sustained and comprehensive effort by all parts of society,” the CDC wrote in a statement. “We will need to recognize existing health disparities and inequalities and address the social determinants of health, such as poverty and lack of access to health care, if we are to ensure health equity.”