The actual epidemic only gets lip service once in awhile. This graph of hospitalizations only goes to 2009, but the trajectory of the graph is going straight up! What must this look like 10 years later! 42% of americans in 2018 are obese!
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db360.htm

Source: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb137.pdf