Fat Plague Eats Away Our Health--Obesity Could Soon Be the No. 1.... Mary Powers.
by Powers, Mary; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 15Health. Publisher: Commercial Appeal, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) | Death -- Causes | Health behavior | Obesity | Overweight personsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Obesity is poised to become the nation's leading cause of preventable death, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in March [2004]. Unless there are dramatic changes by 2005, excess weight will kill more Americans than cigarettes or alcohol." (COMMERCIAL APPEAL) This article examines the increasing problem of obesity as a cause of preventable death in the United States.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Fat Plague Eats Away Our Health--Obesity Could Soon Be the No. 1..., Sept. 26, 2004; pp. A1.
"Obesity is poised to become the nation's leading cause of preventable death, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in March [2004]. Unless there are dramatic changes by 2005, excess weight will kill more Americans than cigarettes or alcohol." (COMMERCIAL APPEAL) This article examines the increasing problem of obesity as a cause of preventable death in the United States.
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