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Obesity and What It Does To Your Body
Over 60 million U.S. adults, ages 20 years and older, are considered obese. The percentage of young people who are overweight has more than tripled since 1980. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), a total of approximately 40 million American adults met the classification of obesity.
Obesity affects college students as much as the older adult population. The CDC states that in 2000, 15.2 million college students are obese. This was up almost 8% from 1991, in which obesity was only evident in 8% of college students.
Obesity is not the same as being overweight. The dreaded