Understanding Overweight People Could Be a Key to Solving Obesity
Sunday Gazette-Mail › January 31, 2011
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There is no shortage of solutions to solve obesity.
Some folks asked to share their weight-loss success stories swore by Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig diet programs, $162-a-month fat- busting elixirs, gym memberships, inexpensive walking regimens, $10,000 gastric bypass surgeries, "The Biggest Loser" television show, avoidance of sweets and snacks, weeks at a residential weight- loss clinic, workplace health challenges.See the full content of this document
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Understanding Overweight People Could Be a Key to Solving Obesity
All have worked. Yet many Americans remain obese or overweight.
More troubling, people are growing fatter at an earlier age. Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill reported this past fall that obese teens not only stay obese, but also pack on an average 80 more pounds to become severely obese adults, foretelling an onslaught of diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, cancer and other ailments in younger adults instead of ...See the full content of this document
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