WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Adult obesity rates increased in 37 states in the past year, according to the fifth annual report released Tuesday by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH). Adult obesity rates rose for a second consecutive year in 24 states and for a third consecutive year in 19 states. No state saw a decrease, says the report.
Though many promising policies have emerged to promote physical activity and good nutrition in communities, the report concludes that they are not being adopted or implemented at levels needed to turn around this health crisis.
More than 25 percent of adults are obese in 28 states, which is an increase from 19 states last year. More than 20 percent of adults are obese in every state except Colorado. On the contrary, in 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. In 1980, the national average of obese adults was 15 percent.
Now, an estimated two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, and an estimated 23 million children are either overweight or obese.
The report finds that rates of type 2 diabetes, a disease typically associated with obesity, grew in 26 states last year. Four states now have diabetes rates that are above 10 percent, and all 10 states with the highest rates of diabetes and hypertension are in the South. The report also found a relationship between poverty and obesity levels. Seven of the 10 states with the highest obesity rates are also in the top 10 for highest poverty rates.
America's future depends on the health of our country. The obesity epidemic is lowering our productivity and dramatically increasing our health care costs. Our analysis shows that we're not treating the obesity epidemic with the urgency it deserves, said Jeff Levi, executive director of TFAH.
Even though communities have started taking action, considering the scope of the problem, the country's response has been severely limited. For significant change to happen, combating obesity must become a national priority, said Levi.

Combating obesity must become a national priority. I couldn't agree more with Mr. Levi.
But how to best combat it is as huge of a national debate as abortion, the coming election, tax increases...heck, we spend so much time debating the issues that their is little time or money left to actually solve the problems we face.
Here's the truth, whether Americans want to face it or not. We eat too much fast food, restaurant food and over processed convenience foods, we drink too many soft drinks, juice drinks and drinks that are loaded with high fructose corn syrup (even the seemingly healthy product Vitamin Water is loaded with the crap!) and we sit on our widening rear ends hours on end, pardon the pun, doing NONE or not enough physical activity. The average person watches more TV in a day than the exercise.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The following is a
statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
For the second time in a month, Philip Morris International has had to
withdraw sponsorship and promotion of a concert in a developing country
after coming under international criticism for engaging in cigarette
marketing that appeals to children.
This time, Philip Morris International has been forced to withdraw from
an August 30 reunion concert in the Philippines by the popular Filipino
band Eraserheads, which has been called the Beatles of the Philippines.
The concert is moving forward with a non-tobacco sponsor. In July, Philip
Morris International withdrew its sponsorship of singer Alicia Keys
concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, after it faced public criticism and Ms. Keys
called for Philip Morris withdrawal.
In the Philippines, Philip Morris International withdrew after health
advocates protested the companys involvement and the Philippines
Department of Health warned the company that its sponsorship and related
marketing violated the countrys tobacco regulation law. The law prohibits
all forms of tobacco advertising in mass media including the Internet,
places strict restrictions on other tobacco promotional activities, and
bans tobacco company sponsorship of concerts and other events.
We applaud the Philippines Department of Health for setting an
international example by taking aggressive action to enforce the countrys
tobacco control law and protect Filipino children from this blatant effort
to market cigarettes to them. With this action, the Philippines government
is taking seriously its obligations under the World Health Organizations
international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control, which among other things calls on ratifying nations to ban all
tobacco advertising, promotions and sponsorships.
Nations should act quickly to implement this and other provisions of
the treaty and protect their children from being exposed to the tobacco
industrys insidious marketing tactics. We also call on Philip Morris
International and all tobacco companies to immediately stop all tobacco
sponsorships and promotions, not just when they are caught red-handed as in
the Philippines and Indonesia.
In the United States, Philip Morris USA and other major tobacco
companies are prohibited from engaging in brand name sponsorships of
concerts under a 1998 legal settlement with the states. However, in
developing countries, tobacco companies continue to sponsor concerts by
famous musicians, which health advocates have condemned as an effective
means to market cigarettes to children and to circumvent restrictions on
more traditional tobacco advertising.
In the Philippines, those seeking tickets to the Eraserheads concert
had been directed to http://www.marlboro.ph, a web site run by Philip
Morris Internationals Philippine subsidiary. To receive tickets and
information, visitors to the web site had to provide personal contact
information that would allow Philip Morris International to send them
promotional materials for cigarettes. Additionally, the reunion concert had
generated enormous Internet buzz that often mentioned the Marlboro web site
and brand name, providing enormous publicity for Philip Morris
Internationals best-selling cigarette brand.
Based in Washington, DC, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leader
in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the
United States and around the world. As part of the Bloomberg Initiative to
Reduce Tobacco Use, the Campaign works with governments and
non-governmental organizations in promoting and implementing public
policies to reduce tobacco use. Visit http://www.tobaccofreecenter.org.

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