Reporting for the Associated Press, Mike Stobbe reports on 2010 health goals. Here’s how he begins:
About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.
So how did we do?
By many measures, not so hot.
There are more obese Americans than a decade ago, not fewer. We eat more salt and fat, not less. More of us have high blood pressure. More of our children have untreated tooth decay.
Here’s an example:
An estimated 28 percent of adults had high blood pressure in 2000. The goal was to reduce that to 16 percent. But the most recent government data say the proportion has risen to 29 percent.
Clearly, our country is not aligned around the aim of improving the overall health of our population.
Read the whole story here.
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