Obesity In America, By The Numbers

What does it mean to live in a nation where one 1 of every 3 people is obese? In countless ways, obesity is changing the way we work, live, eat and travel. Here, a sampling of some of those changes.

Statistics of obesity in America

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); U.S. Census Bureau; "A Heavy Burdon," George Washington University, 2010; "Why Are We So Fat?," National Geographic, August 2004, Volume 206, Issue 2

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