Americas Obesity Crisis
TIME & ABC NEWS explore the nation's weight epidemic
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION FOR TIME BY C.J.BURTON
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June 7, 2004
It's easy to be pessimistic about how soft and fat Americans have
become. It's not healthy to be obese, and if we keep going the
way we're headed, the long-term medical costs may be more than we
can bear. The case for optimism is harder to make, although there
are signs that the tide may be turning. Preliminary data suggest
that 2003 was the first year since 1998 that the percentage of
Americans who are obese did not increase. But that doesn't
include kids, and it still leaves us at epidemic levels. What can
be done? That's the question TIME and ABC News set out to explore
in a joint reporting project this spring. The answers in the
pages that follow, and in the broadcasts airing this week, will
surprise and, we hope, inspire you.
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