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General Info about Obesity

Obesity may be defined as a condition in which there is an excessive amount of body fat. This is one of the most common disease found all over the world.

Obesity is the commonest disease in the United States. The aged are particularly prone to it, when one by one other physical pleasures have been outlived or denied, and there remains only the joys of the table.

-Richard A. Kern, 1951

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Free Fruits on Public Áreas to Curb Spreading Obesity Fruits have around four times more water content than cookies and easily satisfy hunger taking less energy. Refrigerators full of fruits easily beat junkies. In Brazil we are increasing fruit trees in the public areas changing the country to a large tropical orchard. Then, sidewalks, squares, parks, roadsides will be plenty of free fruits bearing appropriate food to fight spreading obesity. Free fruits are protected from the power of th
Posted by : Elson Silva, PhD , 12/14/2007
nobody is blaming america..it is just that america has the highest numbers of people who are obese... if anyone is blaming america its the americans themselves and when they blame america they are blaming themseleves because they make america. so when you say people please specify which people you are talking about....
Posted by : wega , 7/17/2007
Most people think that America is at fault for the obesity problems that people have now days. In all actuality it is the people that are at fault. We are to blame for the few extra slices of the large pepparoni pizza that we ordered after 8 o'clock at night, when we knew full well that we wouldn't be doing any sort of activities after eating that pizza. We are to blame for not getting out and excercising when we knew that we needed to burn a few extra calories. It is completely unfair to blame
Posted by : Klarissa , 6/8/2007
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