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Don't Ignore Those Lingering Pounds
From coast to coast, the new average size for North Americans is … overweight! Whether you try to ignore the 10 pounds that lingered following the birth of your last child or a waistline that has steadily increased while retirement accounts have decreased, you’re amidst good company. In this nation of plenty, there’s plenty of fat to go around. According to the National Institutes of Health, 65 percent—that’s nearly two of every three people—of adults are overweight or obese. Those are epidemic proportions. Sadly, children are not exempt from this weighty issue. About 17 percent of children ages 2 to 19 are also overweight.
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