The National Center for Health Statistics reported that 33.8 percent of American adults above the age of 20 were obese in 2007-2008, while 68 percent were considered overweight or obese.
“Obesity remains high and is a significant public health problem in the U.S.,” said Cynthia Ogden, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s health statistics unit.
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