America’s struggle with obesity

1 big thing

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Nearly half of Americans are living with obesity, according to a new analysis from NORC at the University of Chicago. States in the South and Midwest are showing some of the highest obesity numbers. Plus, Moderna’s CEO gets grilled by Congress. And, Muslim Americans lend a helping hand this Ramadan. Guests: Axios' Arielle Dreher and Zakat Foundation of America's Halil Demir. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Robin Linn, Naomi Shavin, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Nearly half of Americans are living with obesity The Zakat Foundation Families scramble as union strike shutters hundreds of L.A. schools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	up bet Victor. Eighteen plus please gamble responsibly.
0:33.9	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Thursday March 23rd.
0:38.0	I'm Nailibutu. Here's what we're covering today.
0:40.4	Moderna's CEO gets grilled by Congress. Plus,
0:43.8	Muscle Americans lend a helping hand this Ramadan. But first
0:48.3	are one big thing. America's struggle with obesity.
0:56.3	A newly published statistic caught my eye this week.
0:58.6	According to analysis from the nonpartisan and objective research
1:02.0	organization at the University of Chicago, 42% of American
1:06.2	adult nation-wide are living with obesity. Axios healthcare reporter Ariel
1:10.7	Dreyer is here to help us understand this number and what it tells us about
1:14.9	obesity in the US right now. Hi Ariel. Hi. Is this number that just came out what doctors
1:21.4	and experts expected? I believe it is. I think the working
1:25.6	percentages at least a third or one in three Americans are living with obesity.
1:30.1	So this might be a little bit higher, but as you can tell looking at the analysis,
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