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Thursday, January 28, 2010

U.S. Obesity Rates Appear to Be Leveling Off

The percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off at 68 percent, according to a new survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • This rate has remained the same between 2007 and 2008, when the last data was collected.
  • The exception to the leveling off was boys ages 6 to 19 years old. In this group, the percentage of overweight has risen.
  • More than one third of American adults are obese.
A CDC spokesperson said that one key to a recovery from the obesity epidemic is stopping childhood obesity. About 80 percent of children who are overweight grow up to become overweight adults.

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Posted By: Aspen/CRC