Saturday, September 1, 2007

Report: National Strategy Needed to Fight Fat

According to a recent CNN article, Americans are already among the fatest people in the world, and they keep packing on the pounds. A new report by the Trust for America's Health, finds that obesity rates have swelled during the last year in 31 states with not one state reporting that its obesity rate shrank.

The report found that Oregon has the 30th highest rate of adult obesity at 23.3 percent and the 23rd highest rate of overweight youths (ages 10-17) at 14.1 percent in the nation.

To read the full article on CNN click here.
To read the "State of Your Health: Oregon," click here.

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