Obesity in America

I watch the news almost every night but rarely pay full attention as I am usually reading for school or something like that. But last night, one segment really caught my attention. They were focusing on the rise in obesity in America. Here are a few alarming facts they shared with their viewers:

- Did you know that 6 states in the US (and Texas was not one of them, thank you very much!) have almost 50% adults with obesity??

-Obesity increased in adults about 9% from 2008 to 2009!!

-They predict by the year 2018, about 45% of the adults in the US will be considered obese

-The #1 cause of death among adults in the US are all obesity related problems (type 2 diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases)

This is NOT good news and quite disturbing if you ask me. What is wrong with Americans? Do we not care enough about our lives that we will just let ourselves get this way? Not to mention what this is doing to the health-care system in our country!

So I am challenging each of us to evaluate your lifestyle and see if you need to make some changes so that you are not part of these statistics! Our bodies are AMAZING things but we have to put work into keeping them that way!