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REGAN LEEMASTER Are Americans Obese?
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How Much Fast Food? 160,000 fast food restaurants in America. On average there are 50 million Americans served daily. Average money made in one day from fast food restaurants: $110 billion
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How Many Times Are They Visited? Once: 44% Twice: 20% Three or more: 14% Seven: 6% Never: 28%
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How Many Adults are Obese? 69% of adults are overweight or obese 78 million adult Americans are considered obese
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How Many Kids? Doubled in 2-5 year olds Tripled in 6-11 year olds More than tripled in 12-19 year olds 17%, or 1 out of 6, are obese
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Does Race Affect Obesity? 1980: 19-20% Black and Mexican American & 11% White 2004: Ethnic background affecting obesity is starting to become smaller. All races are catching up to each other.
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Problems With Diet? Americans eat 31% more packaged food than fresh food. 40-50% of all food ready for harvest never gets eaten. 50% of tested samples of high fructose corn syrup tested for mercury
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Fun Facts People with less than a high school degree have the highest obesity rates. (32.9%) Asians have the lowest obesity rate of 16.7% Obesity is expensive. Overweight people spend $1429 more on medical bills than an normal weight person. United States is the fattest country in the world.
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Works Cited "Why Obesity Is a Health Problem." Obesity Health Problem, Healthy Weight Basics, NHLBI, NIH. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. "Fast Food Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. "Obesity." - Global Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. "15 Shocking Facts About Obesity In America." Business Insider. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.
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