Why are we so fat?

[substitute]

Because of this and this.

Courtesy the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, your guide to why you aren’t feeling so hot.

Comments

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[flipzagging.livejournal.com]

At first I thought you were right but the data about older women (at least) seems to be clearer, although the trend starts much earlier.

My mother worked a lot in social services for the elderly. My impression is that at least in our corner of the world, people have paid a lot more attention to organizing seniors in physical activity lately.

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[halfjack.livejournal.com]

Yeah I didn't plot any of the older data sets and just looking at them I can see that there is probably some significance in there, both in men and women. The change in question in 2001 is disappointing though -- you almost have to throw out the 2001 and 2002 data because of it.