The obesity crisis & its management options

?It is a fact that about 74 percent of the adult U.S. population age ...

?It is a fact that about 74 percent of the adult U.S. population age
20 years and older is either overweight or obese.1
?? Overweight and obese are categorical continuums of being above
normal weight based on body mass index (BMI) calculation. This
has serious health implications for all Americans, not to mention
the huge medical cost implications associated with obesity,
estimated at $168.4 billion, or 16.5 percent of national spending
on medical care for U.S. adult noninstitutionalized population.2
?? The percentage of obese people has increased significantly in a
little over a decade. In 1994 the rate was 22.9 percent, and it rose
to 30.5 percent in 2000 and 34 percent in 2005.1
?? People who are obese spend at least $2,800 (2005 dollars) more
annually for medical care than normal weight people.2
?? Increase in obesity prevalence alone accounts for 12 percent of
the growth in health spending.3

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