A new study finds that less than seven percent of the adult population in the US have what health experts consider good cardiometabolic。^脏代谢)health.
Using information on roughly 55,000 people over the age of 20, the results show just 6. 8 percent of American adults reached optimal(最佳的)levels of health in 2018. Moreover, the study found American health has been in sharp decline over the last 20 years. In 1999, one in three adults had a healthy weight. By 2018, that number fell to just one in four Americans. At the same time? three in five people were free of diabetes in 1999. By 2018, however , more than six in ten adults had the condition!
"These numbers are striking. It's deeply problematic that in the United States , fewer than 1 in 15 adults have optimal cardiometabolic health , " says Meghan O'Hearn , one of the researchers from Tufts University. "We need a complete overhaul (革新)of our healthcare system , food system , and living conditions , because this is a crisis for everyone."
Instead of just looking for signs of disease the team focused their study on the signs of good , moderate , and poor cardiometabolic health. "Disease is not the only problem ," O'Hearn explains, "We don't just want to be free of disease. We want to achieve optimal health and well-being."
Researchers also found large health gaps between US adults of different genders , ages , and education levels. Specifically , the study found Americans with less education were half as likely to be in peak cardiometabolic health.
O'Hearn adds , "Identifying these individuals and addressing their health conditions and lifestyle early is critical to reducing growing healthcare burdens. Its impacts on national healthcare spending and the financial health of the entire economy are enormous. And these conditions are largely preventable. We have the public health and clinical interventions and policies to be able to address these problems."