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3. The U.S. Obesity Rate Now Tops 40% (and that was Pre-COVID-19)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 01:45 AM

Mar 2021

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-27/us-obesity-rate-passes-40-percent

Might be 45% or more now, after a year of many leading even more sedentary lives that they already did.

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K&R for, oh good grief something else to worry about! UTUSN Mar 2021 #1

The U.S. Obesity Rate Now Tops 40% (and that was Pre-COVID-19) Celerity Mar 2021 #3

KnR Hekate Mar 2021 #2

Obesity is a huge problem in this country JI7 Mar 2021 #4

I wonder if this will also apply to the Moderna vaccine? KewlKat Mar 2021 #6

Why is the amount of vaccine injected not dependent upon weight? Klaralven Mar 2021 #7