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Friday, December 15th, 2023

In U.S., Physical Health Plummets After the Pandemic

Author:     DAN WITTERS
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     DECEMBER 14, 2023
 Link: In U.S., Physical Health Plummets After the Pandemic
Stephan:  

The Gallup Organization gives us, sadly, more bad news about the health trends in the United States. These are the facts, and we need to face them. As I wrote yesterday we have become a sick country, and I think this in large measure because our Congress and the Red state legislatures are under the control of the Republican MAGAt cult and are doing virtually nothing to foster wellbeing. Instead, they are focused on white supremacy, replacement theory conspiracies, suppressing the rights of women to control their own bodies, America’s gun psychosis, and the threats to our democracy. As I keep saying the only thing that is going to change this is citizens voting Democrats into office. As a party they are far from perfect, but compared to the Republicans, it is night and day.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Key physical health metrics have notably worsened since before the COVID-19 pandemic, including obesity, diabetes and eating habits. The percentage of U.S. adults whom Gallup classifies as obese has reached an estimated 38.4%, up 6.0 percentage points since 2019 and just shy of the record high of 39.9% measured in 2022. A new high of 13.6% of respondents say they have been diagnosed by a medical professional with diabetes, up 1.1 points since 2019.

The most recent results, obtained Aug. 30-Sept. 8, 2023, are based on 5,316 U.S. adults surveyed by web as part of the Gallup Panel, a probability-based panel of about 100,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Unlike some government estimates of obesity, Gallup uses respondents’ self-reported height and weight to calculate body mass index (BMI) and subsequent weight classes. It does not involve randomized clinical measurements that typically result in higher obesity estimates. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. Additionally, Gallup does not discern between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes but rather asks: “Has a doctor or […]

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2 Comments

  1. Albus on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10:26 am

    US population health quality plummets post-COVID because the lock downs and social isolation, closing of schools and businesses was a horrible idea. We will be paying the price for decades. It will go down in history as one the major mismanagements by the elites of a public health issue. The Republicans and Supreme court are just making it worse.

  2. Albus Eddie on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 7:26 pm

    In thinking on this issue I ran across this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Om2rzpC9I

    It is from the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and touches on many of this issues addressed in this forum. You can safely start at minute 7. It will be an hour well spent.