As an increasing number of Americans face health consequences from being severely overweight, medical schools are doing more to teach students how to prevent and treat the disease.
"Confusion over effective weight-loss practices is one of the many factors fueling the obesity epidemic. So are unhealthy eating habits. Indeed, a study in The Lancet released in April 2019 found that 1 in 4 deaths globally can be traced to a poor diet. This includes high consumption of salt, sugar, saturated fats, processed meats, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
And the obesity epidemic continues to grow. In the United States, 18.5% of children and nearly 40% of adults were obese in 2015-16, according to the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Those are the highest rates ever documented by NHANES, up from 13.9% of children and 30.5% of adults in 1999-2000."
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