Half of all adults in the US will be obese by 2030, experts predict

Weight gain has become so rapid that more adults will pass quickly through the overweight phase and proceed directly to obesity, or worse, to severe obesity. — Dreamstime/TNS

A tidal wave of fat, and the ailments that come with it, now appears virtually inevitable in the United States.

New research finds that by 2030, nearly half of American adults – 49.2% to be exact – will be obese. In every single state, no fewer than 35% of adults will have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, the threshold that defines obesity.