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2. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]

3. Fat Land - Wikipedia

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   Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World is a 2003 non-fiction book by Greg Critser describing how 60% of Americans came to be overweight and exploring the relationship between the relentless rise of fast food corporations and increasing sizes in the American diet, along with misguided government policies and poor nutritional education in schools.

4. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   This has been attributed to the fact that people often lose weight as they become progressively more ill. [91] Similar findings have been made in other types of heart disease. People with class I obesity and heart disease do not have greater rates of further heart problems than people of normal weight who also have heart disease.

5. News Bites: Why America Is Overweight and a New Way to ... - AOL

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   While some people think lack of exercise is to blame for our expanding waistlines, others think it's entirely about the kind of food we eat. However, a new study has found a very simple reason to ...

6. Overweight vs. Obesity: Do You Really Know the Difference? - AOL

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   Symptoms of Obesity. Obesity symptoms can differ greatly from one person to another. But most symptoms show up because bodily systems have to work harder due to the excess weight.

7. 2020's Most Overweight & Obese States in America - AOL

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   Whatever the cause (and likely it's a combination), it seems fat is becoming part of the new normal. Maybe it's because the coronavirus has forced us to spend so much time cooped up indoors, or ...

8. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Only a handful of fat people have ever showed up; most of the time, thin folks sit around brainstorming about how to be better allies. I ask Harrop why she thinks the group has been such a bust. It’s simple, she says: “Fat people grow up in the same fat-hating culture that non-fat people do.”

9. Overweight - Wikipedia

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   Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [4] [5] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9. There are, however, several other ...