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Half of America Could be 'Obese' by 2030: Study (Video)

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America is getting fatter: Half of all men and women in the United States could be obese in 20 years, according to a study by the Journal Lancet and reported by the Los Angeles Times. This could lead to 65 million more Americans being classified as obese.

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What could the rise in obesity mean? An increase in obesity could mean 8 million more cases of diabetes, 500,000-plus cases of cancer and 6.8 million cases of coronary heart disease in the U.S., the Times reports.

When people are like this it cost us all because of their failure to maintain a healthy weight

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Reply#1 - Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:14 AM EDT
tzia62

WOW !! That's pretty scary!

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Reply#2 - Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:01 AM EDT
Par4TheCourse

yes.. tzia.. it is...

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#2.1 - Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:35 AM EDT
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