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CDC: Adult Obesity Rates Reached New High in 2009

Publish date: October 1, 2010
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From Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

'Obesity has risen faster than anyone could have imagined.' It's a societal problem requiring a societal response.

Source DR. FRIEDEN

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