The United States may have reached a turning point in its decades-long battle against obesity. Recent data suggests that 2020 could mark the year when obesity rates in America not only peaked but began to decline, echoing the historic moment in 1963 when cigarette sales in the U.S. hit their apex before falling. What Happened: Renowned economist Justin Wolfers highlighted this significant shift on social media platform X, stating, “From the Department of Things Really Are Getting Better: The U.S. obesity rate may have peaked, and for the first time in a long time, it fell last year.” Wolfers a…
