New Report Shows Americans Getting Wider But Not Taller

  • 5 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report about American’s weight and height. The report showed the average adult American’s weight and waistline has grown over the past 18 years. Meanwhile, the average adult’s height has remained the same or even shrunk a bit. According to Gizmodo, data from 1999 to 2000 was compared to data from 2015-2016. The data is gathered from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.