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Obese Americans Now Outnumber Overweight
Over a third of adults classed as one step up the scale from overweight
By Rob Quinn
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Posted Jan 10, 09 4:20 AM CST
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Americans who are merely overweight are now outnumbered by the obese, Reuters reports. New government statistics reveal that 34% of adults are obese and almost 6% extremely so, whereas 32.7% are classed as overweight. The proportion of Americans who are overweight has stayed much the same since 1980—but obesity, classified as a body mass index over 30, has more than doubled.