Obesity - A Growing Epidemic

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This paper discusses the issue of obesity amongst the American population. The paper reports that obesity is becoming one of the most serious threats to health in many industrialized countries and especially in the United States.

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"Other studies and statistics support these views. Many of these studies claim that obesity is "... poised to become the nations leading health problem and No. 1 killer" and is "already the cause of 400,000 deaths a year...or 45 per hour..." (Hearne. S. et al, 2004) Each study seems more alarming than the last. For example, there are assertions that obesity will soon overtake tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death, if current trends continue. (Hearne. S. et al, 2004) A statistic that is particularly shocking is that 119 million, or 64.5 percent, of American adults are overweight or obese. These and similar facts are repeatedly borne out by extensive research in various areas and states, and from different vantage points. "

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