Obese Americans weigh down budget
Friday, February 13, 2004
There's so much discussion these days about obesity that it's almost overwhelming. You can't turn a page or channel and not read or hear something pertaining to the startling increase in our obese population. Let's understand - there's a great difference between an overweight population and an obese population. Most studies peg the number of overweight Americans at around 65 percent. But within that group, a certain portion are obese.