IOM report recommends changing food environment to tackle obesity
date:May 10, 2012
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About a third of the US population is obese, and another third is overweight, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and one in three children is overweight or obese. The CDC released a new study on Monday, in which it projected 42% of US adults to be obese by 2030, up from 34% today, and 11% to be severely obese, compared to 6% currently.


The IOM report was released at theWeight of the Nationconference in Wa
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