The American Obesity Association showed that one hundred twenty-seven million adults in the United States are overweight. Sixty million are obese, nine million are severely obese, and fifty-eight million are at risk of being overweight. Obesity is a cultural issue rather than a political one. Schools educate kids about nutrition and a healthy diet, it's their own decision to choose the healthy foods over the non-healthy items. People are eating themselves to death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show obesity costs Americans a lot of money. In 1998 medical costs from obesity was at nine point one percent and as high as Seventy-eight point five billion. (Arrison 1). In 1963 the overweight rate was at five percent, but in 2000 jumped to fifteen percent. It's a proven fact that most overweight children become overweight adults. A couple years ago, there was one large child in a class of twenty, but now it rose up to two or three. Minority children have a higher overweight......

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Title: Obesity
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