According to the national obesity watchdog website www.stateofobesity.org, Texas is now the 15th most obese state in the nation. Texas' current obesity rate is 30.9%, up from 25% in 2004 and 10% in 1990. The statistics show that obesity in Texas has tripled in the last generation of 25 years.
Demographically, women are more obese than men. The most obese age group is 45-64 followed by 26-44. Ethnically, blacks in Texas have the highest rate of obesity (38%) followed by Latinos (35%). Rate of obesity in Texas high school students has remained fairly constant at about 15% since 2003.
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| Dr. John Thomas of El Paso, TX |
The State of Obesity website provides data on obesity-related health issues, and future projections which are a big cause for concern. Current rate of adult diabetes is 11% with nearly two million cases, but that number is expected to grow to almost three million by 2030. There are currently 1.2 million cases of obesity-related heart disease. That number is expected to grow to nearly 5.7 million by 2030.
According Susan Combs, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, full two-thirds of Texans are overweight or obese. Currently (as of 2013), obesity-related costs for businesses in Texas are $9.5 billion. This number is projected to grow to $32.5 billion by 2030. "These costs consume a growing share of economic output that could otherwise support more productive activities. Obesity-related costs also contribute to rising health care and insurance costs that have forced some Texas employers to reduce insurance coverage."
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