The 'Obesity Epidemic'

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Like clockwork, another public health study is released, and commentators dispute its merits ("The soda jerks," Commentary, Tuesday. Unfortunately, all this bickering only diverts attention from our nation's obesity epidemic.

Make no mistake, it is an epidemic. About 16 percent of all children and teens in the United States are overweight, and 65 percent of adults age 20 and older are overweight.

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The 'Obesity Epidemic'

If nothing changes, our current generation of children wi...

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