Stig Östlund

tisdag, september 04, 2018

Two opposing trends provide a point and counterpoint for the health of the public. (NEJM)

The good news is that the prevalence of smoking among adults in the United States has dropped to a provisional modern low of 13.9% (although this figure means that there are still 37 million smokers), reflecting a powerful combination of public health and clinical interventions.

(From the net)
 

But we are also in the midst of a global obesity epidemic that shows no signs of abating; indeed, 40% of adult Americans are now classified as either obese or overweight. /NEJM

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