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The rising toll of obesity: Mortality greater than previously thought (08/18/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Obesity is a lot more deadly than previously thought. Across recent decades, obesity accounted for 18 percent of deaths among Black and White Americans between the ages of 40 and 85, according to a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This finding challenges the prevailing wisdom among scientists, which puts that portion at around 5%...

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Obesity rates hold steady, USA (08/18/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Obesity rates hold steady throughout the USA, except for Arkansas, for the first time in 30 years, says a new study - "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013"1 - from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health. The United States no longer has the highest obesity rates in the world...

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