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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Monteiro, Carlos A
• Cannon, Geoffrey

Titel

Yes, Food Portion Sizes and People Have Become Bigger and Bigger. What Is to Be Done?

Ist Teil von

• American journal of public health (1971), 2021-12, Vol.111 (12), p.2091-2093

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Public Health Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The food supply in the United States is a catastrophe, from the public health and other points of view. Its most visible result is obesity: in two decades, the prevalence of obesity among US adults has risen by more than 30% (from 30.5% to 42.4%) and the prevalence of severe obesity has almost doubled (from 4.7% to 9.2%).' Even more alarming are the figures for children. From the periods 1971 -1974 to 2017-2018, among those aged 2 to 19 years, the prevalence of obesity nearly quadrupled (from 5.2% to 19.3%), and the prevalence of severe obesity rose sixfold (from 1 % to 6.1 %).2 These are great warning signs. A recent US government report dryly notes: 'The typical American dietary pattern is not currently nor has it ever been aligned with recommendations issued by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans since their inception in 1980.