Women Are Not Getting Fatter
Almost every news report about obesity is presented with an alarmist tone. You would think we're in the midst of an evil epidemic that will result in everyone being the size of a house by 2020. Not so. The CDC studied data from 1999-2004 and showed that, while men and children have been getting heavier, the number of overweight and obese women has stayed the same (source).
"I'd like to think this shows women are leading the way in recognizing obesity as a health threat," said Dietz, director of the CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity.
What's remarkable here is that the director has a surname of "Dietz". Anyway, joke aside, this research is the first sign that the so-called "epidemic" is levelling off. However statistics for children make grim reading - percentages of overweight and obese boys and girls are rising at a rapid rate.
"I think the bad news about children far outweighs the good news about women," said Kelly Brownell, director of Yale University's Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. A leveling off of obesity in women isn't such great news, either, if 1 out of 3 women still are obese, he added.
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I am not at all surprised that women are the group that's seeing no increase in obesity. Of course the women are more concerned about getting fat... they're under the most pressure from society to be thin!
ReplySo what happens when the obese girls grow up? Won't the majority of them just become obese women? I think this study need a few more years to say what is going to happen to the ratio of obese women considering the trend in childhood obesity.
ReplyIt's a good thing that we are learning this.
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What I mean wide variety is everything: Vegtables in abundance, a moderate amount of fruit, whole grains, nuts, some beans, natural fats and oils, fish (especially oily fish), and a broad variety of meats (Free-range chicken, grass-fed red meat (preferrably, bison), wild game meat, free-ranged eggs, milk, a little cheese, and some yogurt. Avoid: trans-fatty junk oils, processed and high polyunsaturated cooking oils, canola oil, corn oil, cottenseed oil, margarine (even trans-fat free ones), shortening, baked goods, fried foods, pre-packaged junk foods, sodas, and starches, as well as added sugar, syrups, and sugar substitutes with the exception of stevia or stevia syrup.
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