[WATCH]: Almost Half of Americans Could Be Obese by 2030

Transcript by Newsy: www.youtube.com BY EMILY ALLEN Americans are packing on the pounds and new research shows this nation is only going to get heavier. Here is Fox News. "A new Duke University study predicts a full 42 percent of all Americans will be obese by 2030 - almost half the country. 10 percent will be at least 100 pounds overweight." People are considered obese when they're 30 pounds over a healthy weight and severely obese when they are 100 pounds overweight. The weight economist that led the study presented his findings at the CDC's "Weight of the Nation" meeting. USA Today quotes him. "Things have gotten about as bad as they can get in the USA, in terms of an environment that promotes obesity. The country "is already

Read more ...