A new Lancet study reveals nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, a sharp rise from just over half in 1990.
Obesity among adults doubled to over 40%, while rates among girls and women aged 15–24 nearly tripled to 29%.
The study highlights significant health risks, including diabetes, heart disease, and shortened life expectancy, alongside projected medical costs of up to $9.1 trillion over the next decade.
Experts stress obesity’s complex causes—genetic, environmental, and social—and call for structural reforms like food subsidies, taxes on sugary drinks, and expanded treatment access.
It's also now fully accepted to be fat or overweight. Online dating has become pretty weird to me. I'm a pretty athletic guy, so i'm looking for someone that is also a bit sporty and healthy.
Curvy on tinder has become just a blanket statement for not very skinny to wow, you look like walking must really suck. It's a very small percentage that is super athletic, a small percentage that is just "normal" and the rest just fat. I'm not trying to shame people but reading shit like: i'm not skinny and i'll never be is fucking sad to me. My dad is fat and his life is fucking garbage, and it's getting worse the older he gets. I honestly forsee a shitty future for a lot of overweight people today.