Sunday, August 03, 2008

Majority to Become Obese by 2030: Johns Hopkins Study

The Chicago Tribune reports:
It seems Americans have adopted an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" approach to the raging obesity epidemic. According to a new study, pretty much everyone in the country who can lift a fork will be overweight or obese within the next two decades.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—clearly unconvinced that we're going to stick to that new diet we started—are saying that more than 86 percent of Americans will be super-sized by the year 2030.