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Obesity In America, By The Numbers

Published May 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM EDT

What does it mean to live in a nation where one 1 of every 3 people is obese? In countless ways, obesity is changing the way we work, live, eat and travel. Here, a sampling of some of those changes.

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