{"id":4717,"date":"2015-11-24T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:44:28","slug":"obesity-rate-rises-to-38-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitamins.vitanetonline.com\/index.php\/obesity-rate-rises-to-38-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Rate Rises to 38 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts to stem the tide, The National Health and Nutrition Survey Found that obesity rates in America have only increased in recent years. Currently, around 38 percent of the American populace are morbidly obese, a 3 percent rise from the national obesity rate in 2012. The reason for the obesity epidemic is likely well known by any parent who is searched for a healthy breakfast cereal for their child in recent years. Sugary junk foods with little nutritional value and high caloric count tents are ubiquitous and are priced to move. Comparatively, vitamin enriched foods are less accessible and more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are ways to maintain a healthy body weight in an era of rampant obesity. Obviously, cutting junk food at your diet is an important step. Not only does junk food not satisfy hunger, it also has the effect of spiking blood sugar and filling your system with empty calories. Also, taking steps to lead as active a lifestyle as possible are important in fighting obesity. It\u2019s not just about going to the gym on a regular basis, it\u2019s also about taking the stairs and never spending more than a couple of hours at a time engaged in entirely sedentary recreational activities. While it is difficult to resist the siren call of TV binge watching and junk food overindulgence, it\u2019s considerably harder to live with debilitating medical conditions in later in life.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/12\/health\/obesity-rises-despite-all-efforts-to-fight-it-us-health-officials-say.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Obesity Rises Despite All Efforts to Fight It, U.S. Health Officials Say<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity is on the rise and a real issue; find out what you can do today to get a handle on it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1646],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-commentary-posts","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.3 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obesity Rate Rises to 38 Percent - Vitamins and Their Uses<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Obesity is on the rise and a real issue; 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