The country's obese population is slowly creeping to the 50 percent mark.
By 2030, 42 percent of Americans will be obese – not chubby, hefty or overweight, but obese.
That was the ominous prediction made three weeks ago when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared obesity an epidemic in this country. More than 78 million U.S. adults are obese, and 32 million more are expected to add to the crisis over the next two decades. A problem of this size will add $550 billion in health care spending.
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