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The Takeaway's Coverage: Obesity in America

Increasingly, a trip to the scale for Americans yields higher and higher numbers.

A new study predicts that 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. And all this week we’re looking at that prediction with people we might not normally think of as obesity specialists — from city planners to coffin makers.

42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says (LA Times)

Why Are Americans Fat? (The New Yorker)

A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity (The New York Times)

 

 

  • Moving Beyond Calories In, Calories Out

    May 17, 2012
    According to a new study, 42 percent of American adults will be obese by the year 2030. And all this week, The Takeaway looks at that prediction with people we might not normally thin...
  • A Mathematician's Take on America's Obesity Epidemic

    May 16, 2012
    A new study predicts that 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. And all this week we’re looking at that prediction with people we might not normally think of as obesity...
  • The Obese American Future

    May 14, 2012
    A new study predicts that 42 percent of American adults will be obese — a category beyond overweight — by the year 2030. We talk to Keith Davis, owner of Goliath Coffins, who is worki...