By 2030, nearly half of all US adults will be obese, experts predict
A tidal wave of fat, and the ailments that come with it, now appears virtually inevitable in the United States.
New research finds that by 2030, nearly half of American adults - 49.2% to be exact - will be obese. In every single state, no fewer than 35% of adults will have a body mass index of at least 30, the threshold that defines obesity.
New year's resolutions aside, this is not about whether you'll fit into your skinny jeans a decade from now. Body mass index, a measure of fatness based on a person's height and weight, has
