Issue: Obesity in the United States

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5 comments:

  1. Obesity rates hit plateau in U.S in new york times. The article is saying on what well happen if this keeps happening. Data shows that if this keeps up in a matter of years the percent would be double. Which would conclude that with obesity rising so will health problems such as heart burns heart attacks also high percentages in early deaths such as 10 or 13 years of age.

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  2. Steph You Def BurtonMay 18, 2012 at 7:16 AM

    Obesity in America: it's Getting Worse

    http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/22/1/1.full

    2 out of every 3 adult Americans are obese,and the average adult in the U.S eats 500-800 calories more then they are supposed to.Health care providers are making a change to how they treat obese patients.They refrain from using word like,"dieting"and"exercise",to "increase physical activity" and "make healthier choices."

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  3. Adult Obesity Facts

    http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

    This article talks about the common facts of obesity in adults. They have hit an all time high and still increase all the time. More than one third of US adults are obese.

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  4. Title: Battle obesity in America.
    Web Address: www.cbsnews.com

    This is trying to tell us about how people tried to keep obese ratings low. Also that the U.S government are paying farmers billions of dollars for more organic fruits and vegetables. Also some people have began protesting about hoe fast food stores have less prices than fruit stores.

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  5. ROSEEEEEEE && TRINNAAAAAAAAAMay 18, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    Obesity in American is increasing in all types of Genders, specially on little kids, teenagers, and adults. For example 31% of the adults are obese and 15% are children and teenagers 6-19 are overweight. The cause of obesity is stress, lack of exercise, and eating to much calories. The more they keep that up it could lead up to heart diseases, cancer and diabetes.

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