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‘Obesity isa huge problem inthe United States, but itcan be prevented and we can
recover from it more nutritional education and lifestyle and cultural changes.
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‘Stastis show that 1 in 3 adults living in Obesity causes millions of dollars to be
the United States is considered obese, spent in healthcare costs every yearin
this country.
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annualy obesity.
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of children are obese