{"id":179750,"date":"2010-01-14T09:37:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/?p=4207"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:37:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:37:39","slug":"have-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/179750","title":{"rendered":"Have Americans finally hit an obesity plateau?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4211\" title=\"stockphotopro_98749644YPB_no_title\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/stockphotopro_98749644YPB_no_title-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"stockphotopro_98749644YPB_no_title\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>New studies indicate that after decades of Americans steadily gaining weight, they may have finally hit a plateau, reports an article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/health\/blog\/2010\/01\/obesity_rates_h.html\"><em>The Boston Globe<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s obesity expert, <a href=\"http:\/\/children.photobooks.com\/directory\/profile.asp?dbase=main&amp;setsize=5&amp;last=Ludwig&amp;pict_id=9901690\">David Ludwig, MD, PhD<\/a> is quoted as saying that while it is a relief that these rates are not continuting to rise, it is certainly not cause for celebration. &#8220;If we continue those unhealthful habits, we just continue to maintain weights the way they are. It actually takes a marked improvement in lifestyles to start bringing weight down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read a previous blog post where Ludwig discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/obesity-rates-leveling-off-for-the-nation%E2%80%99s-children\/\">obesity rates leveling off for American children<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"mailto:?subject=Have%20Americans%20finally%20hit%20an%20obesity%20plateau%3F&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhave-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau%2F\" title=\"email\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/email_link.png\" title=\"email\" alt=\"email\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhave-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau%2F&amp;t=Have%20Americans%20finally%20hit%20an%20obesity%20plateau%3F\" title=\"Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/facebook.png\" title=\"Facebook\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Have%20Americans%20finally%20hit%20an%20obesity%20plateau%3F%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhave-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau%2F\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/twitter.png\" title=\"Twitter\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhave-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau%2F&amp;title=Have%20Americans%20finally%20hit%20an%20obesity%20plateau%3F&amp;bodytext=New%20studies%20indicate%20that%20after%20decades%20of%20Americans%20steadily%20gaining%20weight%2C%20they%20may%20have%20finally%20hit%20a%20plateau%2C%20reports%20an%20article%20in%20The%20Boston%20Globe.%0D%0A%0D%0AChildren%27s%20obesity%20expert%2C%20David%20Ludwig%2C%20MD%2C%20PhD%20is%20quoted%20as%20saying%20that%20while%20it%20is%20a%20reli\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/digg.png\" title=\"Digg\" alt=\"Digg\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhave-americans-finally-hit-an-obesity-plateau%2F&amp;title=Have%20Americans%20finally%20hit%20an%20obesity%20plateau%3F&amp;notes=New%20studies%20indicate%20that%20after%20decades%20of%20Americans%20steadily%20gaining%20weight%2C%20they%20may%20have%20finally%20hit%20a%20plateau%2C%20reports%20an%20article%20in%20The%20Boston%20Globe.%0D%0A%0D%0AChildren%27s%20obesity%20expert%2C%20David%20Ludwig%2C%20MD%2C%20PhD%20is%20quoted%20as%20saying%20that%20while%20it%20is%20a%20reli\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/delicious.png\" title=\"del.icio.us\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/childrenshospitalblog\/~4\/rBje-Fk6ErA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New studies indicate that after decades of Americans steadily gaining weight, they may have finally hit a plateau, reports an article in The Boston Globe. Children&#8217;s obesity expert, David Ludwig, MD, PhD is quoted as saying that while it is a relief that these rates are not continuting to rise, it is certainly not cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}