When Did Obesity Become More Prevalent?

When Did Obesity Become More Prevalent? (0:19)

Average weight has been on a steady rise for years, but one decade in particular marked the sharp increase in obesity growth, explains HealthMaker Samuel Klein, MD. Learn more in this video.

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The data really show that around 1980's is when we really had this marked increase in the preference obesity. From the 60s it was much lower then the 80s much higher, even though the average weight gain in this country has been certainly increasing for more than 100 years the prevalence of obesity is really taken off since around 1980.

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Samuel Klein, MD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine, is a nutritional specialist known for his research into weight loss and the causes of obesity.

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