NoCarrier |
10-13-2003 02:35 PM |
I'll have 3 Big Macs, 4 Large Fries, and 5 Large Cokes..
Yes... 5 Large Diet Cokes.. I said Diet...
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Rate of Extreme Obesity in U.S. Soars; One in 50 Morbidly Obese
"Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate.
The number of extremely obese American adults ? those who are at least 100 pounds overweight ? has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.
Extreme obesity once was thought to be a rare, distinct condition whose prevalence remained relatively steady over time. The new study contradicts that thinking and suggests that it is at least partly due to the same kinds of behavior ? overeating and under-activity ? that have contributed to the epidemic number of Americans with less severe weight problems. "
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...ty_nyet151.jpg
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...reme_obesity_2
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