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| According to the recent statistics from the national and international health organizations, Americans are among the fattest people on Earth. | |
 | Dr. Jennifer Zebrack, Assistant Professor of Medicine reports that 34% pf all Americans are overweight and 30.5% are obese, defined as having a Body Mass Index of 30.0 or higher. Dr. Zebrack points out that it’s not just adults, who are becoming problematically heavy, but children and adolescents as well; about 13% of children and adolescents in the US are now seriously overweight ("US"). |
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Every time, more Latinos/Hispanics are overweight or obese: almost 60 percent of males and 68 percent of females according to recent studies NHANES III from the Center for the control of Sicknesses/NCHS. Obesity in Hispanics vs. Mexican Americans
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Latino Minors
Dr. Zebrack pointed out that it’s not just adults who are becoming problematically heavy ("US")...Latino Elders
The prevalence of overweight and obesity generally increases with advancing age, and then starts to decline among people over 60 (“Statistics”)
