Obesity lays more waist to U.S. adults


CHICAGO -- Obesity rates rose in the past year, with 23 states reporting adults are fatter now than last year, two advocacy groups said yesterday.

Two-thirds of US adults are obese or overweight, and the groups warned that the fat epidemic could derail efforts to reform the nation's health system.


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