"The number of Americans who are severely obese shot up by 70 percent in the past decade or so"

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Severe obesity still rising fast in the US

Published October 19, 2012

Reuters

"The number of Americans who are severely obese shot up by 70 percent in the past decade or so, though the increase has slowed down in more recent years, a new study finds.

Between 2000 and 2010, the proportion of Americans who were severely obese - at least 100 pounds overweight - rose from 4 percent to almost 7 percent."

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