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Coming into 1990’s, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in Americans. This is a sad global trend regardless of age. According to information collected and analyzed by the National Center for Health Statistics. The situation is getting even worse.

Almost 9 million (15%) children in America alone between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight. This number is still rising according to information gathered between 1999 and 2000 (triple the number of 1980). The information has also shown that another 15% of children between the ages of 6 and 19 are at risk of becoming overweight also.

Obesity is defined as having an excessive accumulation of body fat which will result in the person

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