Wellness 11 Tackles Weighty Issues
IFT’s annual conference addressed obesity and other critical health concerns from the perspective of science, product development, and public policy.
While citizens of countries around the world may look to the United States as a model for a great life, there is at least one aspect of the American dream that should not be valued: Most Americans have embraced an obesogenic lifestyle, characterized by heavy reliance on unhealthy meals and snacks, excessive food consumption, and physical inactivity. Nearly 75% of Americans are either overweight or obese. In fact, the United States now has more obese citizens (nearly 40%) than overweight ones (34…
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