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America still weighs too much

From The Hill
September 29, 2014
The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently issued their report on the state of obesity in America and there is enough good news in the report to view it as a glass half full. Unfortunately, the warning signs in the report are so serious that the glass may actually be half-full with a double-thick chocolate shake topped with extra whipped cream and a candy bar on the side.
In a nutshell, we’ve slowed down our weight gain, but we still weigh too much, are getting larger, and remain on a collision course with the health complications that come with obesity.
Read the full article by Kenneth Thorpe