Obesity has been one of the main health problems in the U.S. for quite some time and it is only getting worse. Unfortunately, North Carolina is one of the states that is not excluded from this ever increasing problem. During the last 20 years, the obese population in North Carolina has climbed from 12.9 percent to an alarming 29.5 percent.
This disturbing trend can be seen all across the country and has pushed obesity to become of the main problems confronting America. If things continue as they are, almost 47.9 percent of people in N.C. will become obese during the next 10 years. The costs to N.C. is estimated to be around $11. 14 billion for state health care spending. If you do the math, this will be around $1,473 per adult.
Grappling with this troubling issue is becoming more popular, because it is a key component in bringing down the rates of chronic disease and cutting health care expenses.
Even though it is important for adults to be more aware of facilities in which to deal with this problem, it is extremely crucial for us to concentrate on confronting this health crisis in our youth as a way of terminating this problem before it extends into adulthood. Overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of turning into an obese or overweight adults. Also, overweight children and adolescents often are vulnerable to developing problems related to cardiovascular disease like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes. More and more experts say that the problem must be confronted earlier in life if the frightening trend is to be stopped.
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