A new study by the the medical journal The Lancet, has come to a startling conclusion: nearly 7 out of 10 Americans are either overweight of obese.
Furthermore the study also found that obesity worldwide almost doubled between 1980 and 2008. For the purpose of this study, "BMI in excess of 25 leads to being labeled as overweight while BMI of above 30 is considered to be indicative of obesity," according to the International Busines Times.
The Times goes on to report that, "One of the most conspicuous conclusions from the study was that obesity is no longer an affliction in the richer, developed nations only, but was fast spreading to low and middle-income nations too. Globally, the Pacific Island nations were found to have the highest BMI average.
In alarming news for Americans, BMI rose the fastest in the United States during the entire 28-year period studied."
However there was a small bit of good news. Hypertension or high blood pressure actually declined in the United States and the rest of the developed world and in the U.S blood pressure reading were the lowest on record.
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