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Multithumb found errors on this page: There was a problem loading image C:\wamp\www\images/stories/08_obes.jpg  By 2030, half of U.S. adults are projected to be obese, hitting the country hard in the pocketbook, according to studies published recently which extrapolate current trends. These people will add as many as 65 million to the country´s population of obese adults and the combined costs of treating preventable diseases associated with this obesity will be $48-66 billion. World-wide, 500 million adults are obese and another 1.5 billion are overweight. 170 million children are classified as overweight or obese. In some regions, obesity has even eclipsed tobacco as the biggest preventable cause of disease. (Source: shortnews)   Socialize this Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay in touch and receive all of TT updates right in your feed reader
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