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Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on OBESITY IN AMERICA-statistics, risks and possible solutions. Your paper should be a minimum of 250 words in length (1-2 pages double-spaced and not more than 275 words), in 12 point, Times New Roman type, and meet the following minimum objectives:
1) provide a review, reflection, and response to the topic, which should involve learning from your readings and personal research, self-assessments, class activities; and/or any other engagement with the web links and other materials in this class;
2) provide an assessment of how you think obesity may have affected you, someone you know, or society in general, and how you can apply your present knowledge of the health risks associated with obesity; and,
3) provide some advice relating to this general topic of obesity that you might give yourself or others regarding the benefits of a proactive approach to a healthy lifestyle
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Obesity in America
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Obesity Statistics in the U.S
Obesity cases are on the rise in the U.S. According Hales et al. (2017), statistics from the
CDC reveal that over a third of American adults are overweight. In 2015 and 2016, the adult
population which was obese stood at 39.8%, which is an estimate of 93.3 million people. In men,
obesity prevalence was high in middle-income groups than in high and low-income gr...
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