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Obesity and Overweight in America

About 34 percent of U.S. adults age 20 and older are overweight, and about 30 percent -- or 59 million people - are obese, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which sets measures based on an individual's body weight in relation to height, known as body mass index. In two academic studies, obesity is identified as the second-leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. And the bulge once associated with middle age now afflicts an increasing number of youngsters; the CDC found that 15 percent of children age 6 to 19 are overweight, about triple the proportion 20 years ago.

"The word 'epidemic' doesn't even do this justice. It is one of the most profound medical crises we've had in generations," said Eric Topol, who as the chief of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic treats the most serious obesity-related heart cases. "We are at the point now where it is so profound we have to be creative, and we can't take decades to fix this because it's happening so fast."

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Source: The Washington Post Company 2003

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