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          Nearly 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. are now obese, a new high

   Nearly 4 in 10 adults in U.S. are now obese, CDC finds

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   Friday, October 13, 2017, 8:52 PM

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Almost 4 in 10 U.S. adults are obese, and just under 2 in 10 American children
are obese, according to the latest CDC findings.

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   TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

   Friday, October 13, 2017, 8:52 PM

   Americans’ obesity rates have reached a new high-water mark. Again.

   In 2015 and 2016, just short of 4 in 10 American adults had a body mass
   index that put them in obese territory.

   In addition, just under 2 in 10 American children — those between 2 and
   19 years of age — are now considered obese as well.

   The new measure of the nation’s weight problem, released early Friday
   by statisticians from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
   chronicles dramatic increases from the nation’s obesity levels since
   the turn of the 21st century.

   Global childhood obesity has increased over ten-fold in 40 years

   Adult obesity rates have climbed steadily from a rate of 30.5%in
   1999-2000 to 39.8% in 2015-2016, the most recent period for which data
   were available. That represents a 30% increase. Children’s rates of
   obesity have risen roughly 34% in the same period, from 13.9% in
   1999-2000 to 18% in 2015-2016.

   Seen against a more distant backdrop, the new figures show an even
   starker pattern of national weight-gain over a generation.

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