The future health of the United States is at a crossroads, due in large part to
the obesity epidemic. Each year, the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH)
and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) issue F as in Fat: How Obesity
Threatens America’s Future to examine strategies for addressing the obesity crisis. In
this ninth edition of the report, TFAH and RWJF also commissioned a new study to
look at how obesity could impact the future health and wealth of our nation.