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Source: Discovery Health/AP
Summary:
The government reports that 61% of American adults are now overweight
The study,the 1999 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, used a body mass index of 25-29 to indicate overweight, with 30 and higher as obese
The number of overweight adults is 35%, up from 33% in the survey, and obesity is at 26%, up from 23%
Conclusion:
People are eating less fat but more total calories and too many are inactive
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