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Considering Current Eating Trends, What Are Obesity Projections for Our Future?

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.

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About Steven Smith, MD

Steven Smith, MD, is scientific director, Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes. His research focuses on obesity, diabetes and the metabolic origins of cardiovascular disease.

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