I found this statistic on the CDC link on the CBS website.

Recent results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 indicate that an estimated 61 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more.

Among U.S. adults aged 20-74 years, the prevalence of overweight (defined as BMI 25.0- 29.9) has increased an estimated 2 percent since 1980, increasing from 33 percent to the 35 percent of the population in 1999 (based on NHANES II and NHANES 1999 data).

In the same population, obesity (defined as BMI greater than or equal to 30.0) has nearly doubled from approximately 15 percent in 1980 to an estimated 27 percent in 1999.


I think these numbers follow the Low Fat trends... and the increase in production and promotion of Low Fat products...

Yeah Deb, really how much time is spent in school on exercises.. a local school district here just did away with the sport program because they could not afford it... they want to focus on academics instead.. that is a good thing to focus on but what about physical activity and sports for kids?