American waistlines get bigger and bigger
The average American's waistline has expanded over the past decade, adding about one inch (2.5 centimeters) of belly fat among the general public from 1999 to 2012, researchers said Tuesday.
(AFP) The average American's waistline has expanded over the past decade, adding about one inch (2.5 centimeters) of belly fat among the general public from 1999 to 2012, researchers said Tuesday.
The findings in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are the first to show how the nation's obesity epidemic has translated to added paunch in recent years, and the study said the trend toward larger waistlines was "significant."
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