Guys, are you tired of being treated like
a second-class citizen when it comes to finding weight loss advice?
Over the past two decades the rate of obesity has increased significantly
in America. During this time, the rate of obesity for American men
increased by about twenty percent. Among women, the increase was
only about ten percent. The increase was highest among males aged
60 to 74, while the highest jump among females came from those aged
20 to 39. You know it's bad when even the Surgeon General is being
criticized for being over weight!
Did you know that when it comes to being overweight in America,
there are more overweight men than overweight women?
It's true! In a recent Surgeon General Report*, roughly 47 per cent
of American women qualified as obese** compared to 60 per cent of
American men. Despite this statistic, obesity and weight gain/weight
loss products are still marketed almost exclusively towards women.
Men are almost never considered when American weight loss companies
plan their advertising campaigns. Here at Mens-Weight-Loss.com,
we hope to change the imbalance and bring current weight loss news
to American men - after all, we need it more!
Some facts from a 2007 Report On Obesity
in America:
• 61% of adults in the United States were overweight or obese
(BMI > 25) in 1999.
• 13% of children aged 6 to 11 years and 14% of adolescents
aged 12 to 19 years were overweight* in 1999. This prevalence has
nearly tripled for adolescents in the past 2 decades.
• The increases in overweight and obesity cut across all ages,
racial and ethnic groups, and both genders.
• 300,000 deaths each year in the United States are associated
with obesity.
• Overweight and obesity are associated with heart disease,
certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, stroke, arthritis, breathing
problems, and psychological disorders, such as depression.
• The economic cost of obesity in the United States was about
$117 billion in 2000.
• The prevalence of overweight and obesity increases until
about age 60, after which it begins to decline.
• In men, Mexican Americans have a higher prevalence of overweight
and obesity than non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic blacks. The
prevalence of overweight and obesity in non-Hispanic white men is
greater than in non-Hispanic black men.
• 69% of non-Hispanic black women are overweight or obese compared
to 58% of non-Hispanic black men.
• 62% of non-Hispanic white men are overweight or obese compared
to 47% of non-Hispanic white women. However, when looking at obesity
alone (BMI > 30), slightly more non-Hispanic white women are
obese compared to non-Hispanic white men (23%; 21%).
• Mexican American boys tend to have a higher prevalence of
overweight than non-Hispanic black or non-Hispanic white boys.
* These numbers are based on results
of The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease
Overweight and Obesity.
** For men and women 20 years of age and older, obesity is defined
as a body mass index of 30.0 or higher.
