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An Exploration of Obesity in the United States

When you hear the word fat, what do you think of? Do you think of the white matter on your steak, or perhaps blubber on a whale? Or do you kind of get a disgusting image of a morbidly obese person, struggling to move their bodies, or even breathe? With the United States deemed the fattest country in the nation, I took it upon myself to try and find out some reasons behind that.
The first thing that I wanted to find out is how much of the United States population is considered obese and what actually qualifies as obese. According to Statistics from www.cdc.gov, in 2004, 15-19 % of the population in 7 states was at least 30 pounds over weight; 20-24% in 33 states, in 9 states had 25% or more. These statistics scare me because so many people are obese. Instead of disease killing people in Africa, fat and cholesterol is killing people in America.
Along with that, statistics from www.naaso.org, an obesity society, states that you......

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