A new study found that by 2035, almost 50% of Americans will be medically obese. In 1990, that number was just 20%. Nonwhite Americans are much more likely to suffer.

On Wednesday, a new study published in JAMA by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle projected that by 2035, nearly half of all American adults, about 126 million individuals, will be living with obesity.

The study draws on data from more than 11 million participants via the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and from the independent Gallup Daily Survey.

The projections show a striking increase in the prevalence of obesity over the past few decades in the U.S. In 1990, only 19.3% of U.S. adults were obese, according to the study. That figure more than doubled to 42.5% by 2022, and is forecast to reach 46.9% by 2035.

  • dil@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    If you want to be toned, don’t do max weight low reps, do high reps lower weight and stop trying to get stronger. I lost weight but was just getting physically bigger and not looking more muscular, only my belly and double chin went away but I stayed basically the same size. I felt a lot healthier tho, just generally good and had no issues being active at edm festivals, I quit working out and I looked skinnier after a while, but feel weaker now that it’s been two years.

    I preferred being bigger and feeling strong over now where I can fit large instead of xl but can’t be active for as long without pain. I personally only enjoy the gym when I’m going for a new max weight for every set every week. Ik logically that gaining muscle and lifting heavier should lead to more calories burned naturally and should lead to losing weight and looking less big, but id just gain muscle under my fat layer and look bigger.

    • bss03@infosec.pub
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      1 day ago

      I’m not trying to get bigger. I’m following the NIH guidelines to do 1 set of 10 reps and move weight up if/when you can do 2 sets.

      I was at 10x280 on the leg press for over a year, but I noticed it getting “too easy” a few weeks ago. Bicep curls still kill my left arm, and I can only do about 60 on those.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 day ago

        dude curling 60 is huge. most people can’t do 30. you’re not gonna be a small guy when you’re curling 60

        • dil@lemmy.zip
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          23 hours ago

          He probbaly means 60 on a bar? So like 35-40 which is normal, most dudes curl that if they goto the gym a lot and wont have arms that look big unless they flex.