Almost half of U.S. adults will be considered obese by 2030 — with women, African Americans, and people in low-income households most vulnerable, researchers say.
While no state is projected to have an obesity prevalence below 35 percent, the problem is expected to be concentrated in parts of the southeastern U.S. and the Midwest with higher levels of poverty.
"In places like Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, we're projecting that they're going to be close to 60 percent obesity prevalence in 2030," Ward told NBC News. Evidence is growing that shedding even just a few pounds can have dramatic and positive impacts on health. On Monday, researchers reported postmenopausal women can cut their risk for breast cancer if they can sustain a weight loss of at least four pounds.
But losing weight — and keeping it off — is difficult, especially for women who tend to put their families' health ahead of their own, experts said. "They'll focus on making sure that their children have healthy food," said Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.
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