Considering Current Eating Trends, What Are Obesity Projections for Our Future? (0:13)
Unless major cultural and habit changes are made, severe obesity rates threaten to affect a stunning portion of the population. In this video, HealthMaker Steven Smith, MD, offers some startling data on the topic.
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If you look forward into 2030, the projection is that 10% of Americans will have to be a mile over 40, we used to call that morbid obese, we call that severe obesity now.
Steven Smith, MD, is scientific director, Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes. His research focuses on obesity, diabetes and the metabolic origins of cardiovascular disease.
