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Obesity rate in Mexico higher than in U.S.
– Reported, July 13, 2013
The obesity rate increases every year as people consume more food.
According to Huffington Post, Mexico has a higher obesity rate than the United States. In the past, the U.S. took the cake. However, recently, Mexico has emerged at the top of the list.
In Mexico, there is more processed and calorie-rich food, says Daily Mail. People are struggling with money and can only buy the cheaper, less healthy food to make ends meet.
New data from a United Nations report found that 32.8 percent of Mexican citizens are overweight, compared to 31.8 percent of Americans. Meanwhile, 70 percent of Mexican adults are overweight, compared to U.S. adults, 69 percent, which includes overweight and obese figures. Since there are more couch potatoes, urban jobs, and snack foods, which are readily available, it seems easier for people to gain weight rather than to lose it.
Like people’s tummies, heart disease, diabetes and health concerns are rising as there is an increase in health-related conditions.
Four hundred thousand new diabetes diagnoses and 70,000 yearly deaths, which are caused by weight-related problems, were reported by Fox News. The food culture has changed.
“The same people who are malnourished are the ones who are becoming obese,” Dr. Abelardo Avila, a physician with Mexico’s National Nutrition Institute, told CBS. “In the poor classes we have obese parents and malnourished children. The worst thing is the children are becoming programmed for obesity. It’s a very serious epidemic.”
As more Mexicans move from rural to urban communities they become more sedentary and they eat a steady diet of unhealthy, highly caloric foods, said Martin Binks, an obesity researcher who is a spokesman for the Obesity Society, says ABC News.
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