[lbo-talk] grist for the cultural angst mill

[Paul]

Interesting.  Disproportional increases among females (although males 
increase too).  When one looks at the age category breakdowns one thinks of 
the big increases in labor force participation - someone should look at job 
stress (surely job stress is up among males too).
Paul


>Another set of stats 
><http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/tables/2003/03hus068.pdf>:
>
>percent of population aged 20-74 years, age adjusted, that's...
>
>             1960-62   1971-74    1976-80    1988-94    1999-2000
>overweight    44.8      47.7       47.4       56.0        64.5
>obese         13.3      14.6       15.1       23.3        30.9
>
>Something happened starting in the late 1970s. I blame Reagan.
>
>Doug
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