F as in fat: how obesity threatens America's future : 2012
F as in fat: how obesity threatens America's future : 2012
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue report (Trust for America's Health)
- Author(s):
- Levi, Jeffrey, author
Segal, Laura M., author
St. Laurent, Rebecca, author
Lang, Albert, author
Rayburn, Jack, author - Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
Trust for America's Health, issuing body. - Publication:
- Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, September 2012
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cost of Illness
Health Expenditures -- trends
Obesity
Public Health
Adult
Arthritis -- economics
Arthritis -- epidemiology
Arthritis -- etiology
Breast Feeding
Body Mass Index
Child
Comorbidity
Coronary Disease -- economics
Coronary Disease -- epidemiology
Coronary Disease -- etiology
Diabetes Mellitus -- economics
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- etiology
Diet
Exercise
Food Services
Forecasting
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs -- trends
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Health Policy
Hypertension -- economics
Hypertension -- epidemiology
Hypertension -- etiology
Maternal Welfare
Motor Activity
Neoplasms -- economics
Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Neoplasms -- etiology
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Obesity -- complications
Obesity -- economics
Obesity -- epidemiology
Obesity -- prevention & control
Organizations, Nonprofit
Preventive Health Services
School Health Services
State Government
Stroke -- epidemiology
Stroke -- etiology
Humans
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The future health of the United States is at a crossroads, due in large part to the obesity epidemic. Each year, the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) issue F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future to examine strategies for addressing the obesity crisis. In this ninth edition of the report, TFAH and RWJF also commissioned a new study to look at how obesity could impact the future health and wealth of our nation. This new analysis provides a picture of two possible futures for the health of Americans over the next 20 years: (1) If obesity rates continue on their current trajectory, it's estimated that: (a) Obesity rates for adults could reach or exceed 44 percent in every state and exceed 60 percent in 13 states; (b) The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, hypertension and arthritis could increase 10 times between 2010 and 2020--and then double again by 2030; and (c) Obesity-related health care costs could increase by more than 10 percent in 43 states and by more than 20 percent in nine states. (2) But, if we could lower obesity trends by reducing the average adult BMI (body mass index) by only 5 percent in each state, we could spare millions of Americans from serious health problems and save billions of dollars in health spending--between 6.5 percent and 7.8 percent in costs in almost every state. As this year's report details, we have seen important inroads made toward preventing and reducing obesity around the country, especially among children. We know that real changes are possible. But we also have found that efforts will need to be intensified if we are going to achieve a major reduction in obesity and related health problems.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (123 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101593095 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101593095