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  2. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "This suggests that people from the South come closer to telling the truth than people from other regions, perhaps because there's not the social stigma of being obese in the South as there is in other regions." [96] The area of the United States with the highest obesity rate is American Samoa (75% obese and 95% overweight). [97]

  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. Weight gain - Wikipedia

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    Being overweight or having obesity may increase the risk of several diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers, and may lead to short- and long-term health problems during pregnancy. [2] Rates of obesity worldwide tripled from 1975 to 2016 to involve some 1.8 billion people and 39% of the world adult population. [3]

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

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    Obesity has become a common health problem. It affects about one in five children and two out of five adults in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  6. 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 ...

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

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  8. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    The paradox was first described in 1999 in overweight and obese people undergoing hemodialysis [89] and has subsequently been found in those with heart failure and peripheral artery disease (PAD). [90] In people with heart failure, those with a BMI between 30.0 and 34.9 had lower mortality than those with a normal weight.

  9. Overweight people now outnumber underweight people in ... - AOL

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    A new study found that the number of overweight people is now greater than the number of underweight people in the world.