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Epidemiology
CDC: 61% of U.S. Adults are Overweight
December 31st, 2000
The American waistline continues to expand, with 61% of adults now considered overweight, the U.S. government reported on December 14, 2000. And a growing number of Americans are not just overweight, but obese, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. More than a third of adults, 35%, are slightly or moderately overweight, up from 33% in the last survey, which covered 1988-94. More than a quarter of Americans, 26%, are considered obese, or grossly overweight, compared with 23% in the last survey. The findings are part of the 1999 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which measured the height...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-12-31)
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