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Harris Poll | obesity

Weighty Issues

by Richelle Thomson

Eighty percent of Americans over 25 are overweight, according to a recent Harris Poll. And this not-so-fat-free trend is on the rise, up from 58 percent in 1983 to 64 percent in 1990 and 71 percent in 1995. Plus, one-third of Americans now tip the scales into obesity.



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