Adult obesity in US 'unacceptably high,' report finds

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Adult obesity in US 'unacceptably high,' report finds

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/adult-obesity-us-unacceptably-high-report-finds-205341836.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3CKTnCEdPcxo5OqG44.fsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/b2c6387902d07bbe9775370a25cbbab1e1b6db8d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks by a sign advertising sugary drinks in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a high rate of obesity and diabetes on June 11, 2013 in New York City" align="left" title="A woman walks by a sign advertising sugary drinks in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a high rate of obesity and diabetes on June 11, 2013 in New York City" border="0" /></a>Poor eating and exercise habits have kept obesity rates high in the United States, said a report Thursday that found increases in six states and no decreases across the nation. The problem is particularly acute among the poor and in the African-American community, said the &quot;State of Obesity&quot; report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America's Health. &quot;Obesity rates are unacceptably high, and the disparities in rates are profoundly troubling,&quot; said Jeffrey Levi, executive director of TFAH. The report found statistically significant increases in the obesity rates in six states -- Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wyoming.</p><br clear="all"/>

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