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lol sorry, Shank got me going
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San Antonio has gained the unenviable position of being the community in the United States with the greatest percentage of obese adults, according to new federal statistics.
In 2001, the most recent year for which national data are available, 31.1 percent of adults in San Antonio were considered obese. Gary, Ind., had the second-highest obesity rate — 28.8 percent.
San Antonio's ranking comes as the numbers of Americans who are overweight and obese are hitting all-time highs. In 2001, 21 percent of U.S. adults were obese and 37.2 percent were overweight, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's alarming," said Ali Mokdad, chief of the CDC's behavioral surveillance branch.
Public-health experts have become increasingly alarmed by the number of Americans who are overweight or obese — a number that has been rising steadily over the past decade.
The problem affects every part of the country, but tends to be especially severe in the South.
"This is something that's obviously a concern," said Fernando Guerra, director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. "It is a major public-health challenge."
In addition to having the highest rate of obesity, San Antonio also had a high rate of people who are overweight — 65 percent of the city's adults were considered overweight in 2001, second only to Charleston, W.Va., where 67.8 percent of adults were overweight.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30. Overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25. BMI is a formula in which a person's body weight in kilograms is divided by the square of his or her height in meters. Using American units of measurement, an adult who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds would have a BMI of 25.
Guerra attributed the high rates of obese and overweight people to the same factors fueling the obesity epidemic nationwide — too much junk food, too much television, not enough exercise.
In San Antonio, that is compounded by the city's increasing population of Hispanics, who tend to be particularly prone to weight problems for cultural, socioeconomic and possibly genetic reasons, Guerra said.
The new data come from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing national survey of risk factors for disease compiled annually by the CDC.
Spurs fans:
Hey, when is Indazone gonna post pics of the Rockets owning the Mavs?
Rocking out to The Hoff's Greatest Hits playing in his head.
It's a new day in Houston
And you can't go wrong with any of the classic "Drunk Dirk" collection.
When did that ever happen? ing Rocket fans. Another year, another first round exit.
Here's some epic Rocket ownage of the Mavs:
oops...
Indazone's Mavs fixation is hilarious.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...slug=fatcity03
San Antonio has gained the unenviable position of being the community in the United States with the greatest percentage of obese adults, according to new federal statistics.
In 2001, the most recent year for which national data are available, 31.1 percent of adults in San Antonio were considered obese. Gary, Ind., had the second-highest obesity rate — 28.8 percent.
San Antonio's ranking comes as the numbers of Americans who are overweight and obese are hitting all-time highs. In 2001, 21 percent of U.S. adults were obese and 37.2 percent were overweight, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's alarming," said Ali Mokdad, chief of the CDC's behavioral surveillance branch.
Public-health experts have become increasingly alarmed by the number of Americans who are overweight or obese — a number that has been rising steadily over the past decade.
The problem affects every part of the country, but tends to be especially severe in the South.
"This is something that's obviously a concern," said Fernando Guerra, director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. "It is a major public-health challenge."
In addition to having the highest rate of obesity, San Antonio also had a high rate of people who are overweight — 65 percent of the city's adults were considered overweight in 2001, second only to Charleston, W.Va., where 67.8 percent of adults were overweight.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30. Overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25. BMI is a formula in which a person's body weight in kilograms is divided by the square of his or her height in meters. Using American units of measurement, an adult who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds would have a BMI of 25.
Guerra attributed the high rates of obese and overweight people to the same factors fueling the obesity epidemic nationwide — too much junk food, too much television, not enough exercise.
In San Antonio, that is compounded by the city's increasing population of Hispanics, who tend to be particularly prone to weight problems for cultural, socioeconomic and possibly genetic reasons, Guerra said.
The new data come from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing national survey of risk factors for disease compiled annually by the CDC.
Spurs fans:
best one whatsoever
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