Disease trends and the delivery of health care services in United States

Disease trends and the delivery of health care services in United States

Obesity

Obesity is a disease characterized by excessive deposition of fat in the subcutaneous tissue and other tissues in the human body, and excessive body weight by 20% or more. Obesity and overweight both are the fifth leading risk factor for the death of people inside the United States of America. Every year over 2.8 million people die due to obesity. Obesity rates in the U.S. continue to grow despite the many campaigns that have been made to raise awareness of the dangers of excess kilos have on health. According to the latest data, 64.5% of American adults are obese or overweight, and experts estimate that this figure could reach 73% in 2008. In Spain, this percentage is 53%. The report reveals that the U.S. situation was made by 'Trust for America's Health', a health advocacy group that requests the Government and the private sector to get more involved in the battle against this expansion of obesity. The data that have been based to get the percentages come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. During the period 2002-2004 the percentage of obese adults was 27.7% national average, compared to 22% recorded in the 2001-2003 period, while overweight people rises to 36.8% (Chan JM et al. Obesity, 1994).

In a study published at the end of the first quarter of 2010, conducted by the School of Medicine, University of Chicago, noted that despite the unprecedented rise in obesity among adults in the United States in the last twenty years, the growth appears to have stabilized but will remain stable over the next 10 years. The same study indicates that obesity levels are still very high and worrisome increasing rates of overweight among children 6-9 years of age - especially boys. As they age could contribute more to the rise of adult obesity, to address these risks in early childhood is critical (Colditz GA et al., 1995).

Actually projecting a sustained and continuous growth of obesity is unlikely to develop. Bear in mind that the high prevalence of obesity in the major pharmaceutical markets in the world, is a niche market with exponential growth. This category for 2006 was estimated at $ 478 million in 2006, and projected growth to U.S. $ 2,700 million. Experts say the growth will be faster in the United States where they expect sales of $ 2,000 million in 2016. Alarms resonate high levels of obesity in all countries of the world. The problem and the impact they represent are already well known, technology is always to support developments in this area, but the total reversal of this epidemic will require a deep well supported by governments and public policy.

Future of obesity rates in the U.S.

About forty two percent of the population of United States of America could be obese by the end 2030; these stats were proposed according to a study conducted by the ...