on May 16th, 200641 Percent of Adults Smoke or are Overweight (Party Over)
It’s one thing to die from an accident, but yikes, to read that 41 % of American adults either smoke or are overweight is like watching people jump off the Brooklyn Bridge for Sunday afternoon entertainment. No wonder the Bush administration is so out of control, they’re merely reflecting the anxiety and disconnect people have with their own bodies.
Wake up America!!
More than 80 million American adults are smokers, obese or both and face an increased risk of poor health and an early death, researchers said on Friday.
They used data from a 2002 national health interview survey to estimate the proportion of adults in the United States who have one or both problems. Roughly four percent of Americans, or 9 million people, fall into both categories with a disproportionate number among the poor and those who have a low education.
Millions of Americans face early death
Over 41 percent of adults either smoke or are overweight, researchers say
Reuters, May 12, 2006