Obesity Stalls at One-Third of U.S. Adults, CDC Finds
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The number of obese American adults remained unchanged in 2012, continuing at least a decade-long trend showing about one-third still affected by the condition, a U.S. report found.
About 78 million U.S. adults are considered obese. The majority -- more than 50 million -- are non-Hispanic white, according to the report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.