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Most U.S. adults at risk of becoming overweight or obese.

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-NOV-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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A large, community-based study--considered the first to assess the long-term risk of developing overweight and obesity in U.S. adults--found that over 30 years, 9 out of 10 men and 7 out of 10 women were overweight or became overweight. In addition, more than 1 in 3 of those in the study were...

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...obese or became obese.

"National surveys and other studies have told us that the United States has a major weight problem, but this study suggests that we could have an even more serious degree of overweight and obesity over the next few decades," says Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., director...

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