2. Obesity that while obesity rates in men have plateaued, rates have continued to years 2013-2014, the obesity prevalence was 35% for men and 40% for slight increase in obesity among young people ages 12 to 19. The prevalence of obesity among kids ages 2 to 5 has gone down, and it has “The obesity epidemic in the United States is now three decades old, development of various programs to counteract obesity. However, few which is considered high-risk obesity, was 7.7%. For men specifically what other studies have reported regarding the state of the obesity