Land of the free, home of the fat and unhappy
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 percent of American adults are now classified as overweight; 26 percent of those are considered obese and an unlucky 3 percent have been branded "morbidly obese."
Our children, too, are bigger than ever. Between 1976 and 1980, 7 percent of American kids ages six to 11 were obese; by 1999, the number of obese kids in this age group had risen to 13 percent. The rate of obese adolescents ages 12 to 19 nearly tripled during the same periods, rising to 14 percent in 1999.
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Ms. Curtis does the "world" a service ... really?
Don't worry ... be happy. It's not a problem if we're all over-weight. We're average.