(AP) – America’s obesity problem may be bigger than it has appeared.
A new report predicts that nearly half of U.S. adults will be obese within a decade and one quarter will be severely so.
Most previous estimates relied on health surveys and people often understate their weight in those.
Wednesday’s report in the New England Journal of Medicine used a decades-long federal study in which weight was measured to get a more accurate picture.
An independent expert says the trends are alarming and suggest we’re facing medical and financial problems because so many people weigh too much.
