An unairbrushed Kardashian walking down the street.

Between 1960 and 1980, 15 percent of the population was obese.  Those numbers stayed flat and consistent, but since then, obesity rates have skyrocketed.  In 2010, 36 percent of Americans were considered obese (30 pounds or more over their healthy weight range) and 6 percent were considered severely obese (100 pounds over their healthy weight range).  Unsurprisingly, those numbers are only going to get worse.  By 2030, health experts predict that 42 percent of the US population will be obese.

“The obesity problem is likely to get much worse without a major public health intervention,” said lead researcher Eric Finkelstein of the Duke University Global Health Institute.

The study was released at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Weight of the Nation” conference and will be published in full in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.  It used a variety of CDC data, including the body-mass index (which is a flawed metric for most people and one I hate), to determine the future trends in obesity.  The rate will continue to rise, but not as quickly as it has in recent years.

According to the BMI, the healthy weight range for a 6′ man is 136-184 pounds.  At my lowest weight, 180 pounds, I was barely not obese, and I had to not eat anything I enjoyed to get there.  I’ll just stay obese, thanks.

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