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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:53 AM
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Americans Put Obesity on par With Smoking in Terms of Harmful Effects
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are as likely to say that being significantly overweight is very harmful to one's health as say this about smoking. More than one-quarter of Americans report that obesity has been a cause of serious health problems in their family. Americans are more than three times as likely to say they are sympathetic to those who are significantly overweight as to say they are unsympathetic.



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