Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention
One-third of adults are now obese, and children''s obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation''s obesity epidemic are multi-factorial, having much more to do with the absence of sidewalks and the limited availability of healthy and affordable foods than a lack of personal responsibility. The broad societal changes that are needed to prevent obesi...
One-third of adults are now obese, and children''s obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation''s obesity epidemic are multi-factorial, having much more to do with the absence of sidewalks and the limited availability of healthy and affordable foods than a lack of personal responsibility. The broad societal changes that are needed to prevent obesi...
