The Tipping Point in America's Obesity Epidemic

Earlier this month, Trust for America's Health released the seventh annual edition of our F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011 in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ten years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 24 percent, and now 43 states have higher obesity rates than the state that was the highest in 2000. We found a clear tipping point in our national weight gain over the last 20 years – and it’s had serious ramifications for our health and health care spending. Read the full post...