The Reality Reports

The Current Weight Reality In America: In the United States, more adults are overweight or obese than are at a healthy body weight. This shift has happened gradually over several decades and reflects changes in how Americans eat, work, and live. Health experts define overweight and healthy weight using body mass index, or BMI. While BMI is not perfect, it helps show large trends. Today, these trends point to excess weight becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Trump Administration Plans To Burn Contraceptives Worth Nearly $10 Million: The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control supplies rather than deliver them to women who need them overseas.  These contraceptives, which include pills, implants, and intrauterine devices, are currently stored in a warehouse in Belgium. The State Department confirmed this decision will cost taxpayers an additional $167,000 just to burn the supplies.