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With smoking at the top of the ranks at number one for the cause of unnecessary deaths, obesity is not far behind holding at the number two spot. Each year in the United States, obesity causes approximately three hundred thousand deaths. In a sense, obesity is similar to the AIDS virus in that the disease does not kill individuals itself, but the illnesses that come along with obesity do kill. For instance, being obese increases an individuals risk of developing high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, gallbladder disease, and cancer of the breast, prostate, and the colon. Obesity not only causes hundreds of thousands of deaths a year but it also costs the government and tax payers about $100 billion dollars. Researchers believe that obesity rates are higher than they have been in years because of environment factors. Factors such as lack of physical activity, high calorie foods, and the low costs of high calorie foods, such as the Dollar Menu at McDonald’s, are why......

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