{"id":361,"date":"2010-06-22T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2010\/06\/22\/did-you-know-28-obesity-in-america\/"},"modified":"2010-06-22T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:55:00","slug":"did-you-know-28-obesity-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2010\/06\/22\/did-you-know-28-obesity-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you Know? #28 &#8211; Obesity in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><b>Obesity in America<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/health-and-human-body\/human-body\/fat-costs.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/science.nationalgeographic.com\/staticfiles\/NGS\/Shared\/StaticFiles\/Science\/Images\/Content\/overweight-nude-756885-sw.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I was watching a program on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\">CNBC<\/a> yesterday night entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/36073283\/\">One Nation Overweight<\/a>&#8220;. \u00a0The program highlighted a few of the problems associated with Obesity but some of the most startling facts were those concerning our nations children. \u00a0Take this one for example; nearly one third of the our children are considered overweight and for the first time in the history of our nation some believe that our younger generation may have a shorter life span than their parents. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some informative web links to better inform you on Americas weight problem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/trends.html\">Center for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/childhood\/index.html\">Childhood Overweight and Obesity &#8211; CDC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surgeongeneral.gov\/library\/calls\/obesity\/fact_whatcanyoudo.html\">Office of the Surgeon General &#8211; Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/brfss\/index.htm\">Data for GIS Mapping &#8211; CDC&#8217;s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a quick overview of Obesity Trends in America with a spatial component, advance through the PowerPoint presentation created by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/trends.html\">CDC<\/a> below:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For photos and videos about Obesity around the world try<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/\"> National Geographic<\/a>&#8216;s Taboo show website <a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/series\/taboo\/4597\/Videos\/07668_00\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity in America I was watching a program on CNBC yesterday night entitled &#8220;One Nation Overweight&#8220;. \u00a0The program highlighted a few of the problems associated with Obesity but some of the most startling facts were those concerning our nations children. &hellip; 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