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Americans have said they weigh at least 200 pounds than did so from 2001-2009, according to a Gallup poll conducted last year. An average of 28% of Americans said they weighed 200 pounds or more from 2010-2019, up from 24% during the prior decade.

The poll also found more Americans, on average, comfortable with their weight; it is perhaps not surprising that fewer are looking to lose weight, even as they are weighing more. An average of 54% of Americans have said they want to lose weight from 2010-2019, compared with 59% who said so from 2001-2009.

With March being National Nutrition Month and Americans collectively spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually on obesity-related medical treatment, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020's Most Overweight and Obese Cities in the U.S.

In order to call attention to the communities where weight-related problems are most prevalent, WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of obese adults to share of overweight children to projected obesity rates by 2030.

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Expert Commentary

What are the biggest mistakes people make when trying to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle?

"I often think that because we, as humans, generally tend to be rushing around all the time that we expect results to be just as quick," said Brent M. Peterson, PhD, MS, MPH, CSCS, Biola University. "However, as a result of living a fast-paced life, I surmise that one of the biggest mistakes that people make is that they take on too much, too soon, too quickly, and end up so disappointed that they quit. In order to develop healthy behaviors and habits we need a bit more time in the activity before it becomes solidified. I often recommend that people start small (whatever that means for the individual), find things they enjoy, increase doing enjoyable things, and be consistent for longer than a month. Then, reevaluate, add, and repeat."

"Resort to "outsourcing" cooking and food prep," said Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, PhD, RD, Stony Brook Medicine. "For example, bulk prepare on day off of work: 2-3 starchy foods on day off (roast butternut squash and potatoes), make a batch of brown rice. 3-4 vegetables (roast cauliflower and beets) and saute beet greens. 2 proteins (bake 1-2 chickens; use slow cooker to make turkey or vegetarian chili). This makes mixing and matching to create quick dinners and lunches a breeze (for lunches you can add leftovers to a base of greens for a salad or heat up leftovers). urn cooking into an enjoyable family affair play music, involve partners and kids. It may take time to build this family routine, but creates great bonding time and a priority of health and wellness."

"Some people set really high goals for healthy eating and exercise and then feel discouraged when they can't meet or sustain those goals," said Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD, Dartmouth College. "People should feel encouraged that even small increases in exercise and healthy eating can improve health. Individuals can also be tempted by fad diets that promise fast results. Most people cannot successfully lose weight and keep it off with these diets. Seek sound nutrition advice from your doctor or sources like Harvard's nutrition source for a sustainable healthy diet."

Should employers play a role in helping workers maintain a healthy lifestyle? How?

"The working place is where most adults spend the majority of their adult lives," said Teresa Quattrin, MD UB Distinguished Professor, University at Buffalo. "Yes! an employer can encourage employees to have healthy lunches by providing access to healthy snack alternatives, water fountains, and nice space with ample room for refrigeration of lunch brought in. Employers can encourage physical activity contexts (steps) and cooking competitions of healthy food while increasing awareness on health and wellness opportunities in the community and creating areas where employees can be physically active. Employers have also a potential secondary gain because in the "experience rated" evaluations from health care plans, the plans base the rates also on the employer's expenditures. In turn the employer can pass some of these savings to the employee."

"Yes, absolutely, "said Shreela Sharma, PhD, RD, LD, Houston School of Public Health. "It's in their best interest to do so. This can be done two ways policy and environmental level support and/or individual level evidence-based programs. Policy/environmental support could include healthy vending machines, healthy cafeteria menus, nutritional labeling of foods and beverages, offering incentives such as compensated work time to employees to go to the gym, building walking pathways etc. At the individual level, employers can offer lifestyle interventions such as Diabetes Prevention Program, Weight Watchers, gym memberships, and such for their employees to support their lifestyle goals. Employers should conduct annual health risk assessments to help monitor return on investment."

"Absolutely," said Simin Liu, Brown University. "There are so many strategies that employers can adopt. For example, create a friendly and healthy work environment with frequent break and face-to-face communication opportunities, incentivize for living a healthy lifestyle (e.g., provide free gym membership, standing desk at work, and on-site exercise facility and fresh foods markets etc.)"

To read the full report and your city's rank, please visit:

https://wallethub.com/edu/fattest-cities-in-america/10532/

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