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Health experts estimate that
about 10 percent of children, or at
least 155 million youngsters
worldwide, are overweight or obese.
The rate of obesity has doubled in
children and tripled in teens in the
last 25 years says Robert Eckel,
president-elect of the American
Heart Association.
Treat
Obesity as Disease Experts Say:
Obesity
affects 300 MILLION people. In
European countries, rates have
soared by 10-50 percent in the
last decade. In Japan, it has
doubled since 1982 and in the
United States the percentage of
young overweight people has
tripled in 25 years.
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The Rising
Cost of Obesity:
Treating
obesity-related disorders costs
as much or more than illnesses
caused by aging, smoking and
problem drinking. The US spent
$96.7 billion treating
weight-related problems in 2003.
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