Is this pathetic?

Instances of obesity more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

Pat Barone writes at LifeZette,

This may come as little surprise to parents if they’re honest with themselves: New research indicates 90 percent of children aren’t eating according to healthy diet standards. And less than half of boys and one-third of girls are getting their daily recommended exercise.

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From the Goodbye America website

Where the caption is "YOU THINK MILLENNIALS ARE SPOILED BRATS? JUST WAIT"

Obesity rates continue to grow for American adults, especially women

Yahoo brings us this story:

...published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, reveals that for the years 2013-2014, the obesity prevalence was 35% for men and 40% for women. When looking at trends over time, the researchers found that from the year 2005 to 2014 there were significant and steady increases in the number of American women who were very obese.

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What have you observed where you live?

Chateau Heartiste publishes the Centers for Disease Control obesity rates for American women:

the obesity rate in the United States in 1960 versus the obesity rate in 2008:

Obese (BMI ≥ 30)
1960-1962: 13.4%
2007-2008: 34.3%

Extreme Obesity (BMI ≥ 40):
1960-1962: 0.9%
2007-2008: 6.0%