ApocaDocs: Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight

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Posted Sun Jan 11 2009: from Reuters:


	Obese Americans now outweigh the merely overweight http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1231690505 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government. Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 percent of Americans are obese, compared to 32.7 percent who are overweight. It said just under 6 percent are "extremely" obese. "More than one-third of adults, or over 72 million people, were obese in 2005-2006, the NCHS said in its report.

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