Obesity— The root of the problem? Depending on gender and how active they are, adults should eat 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day. U.S. agriculture now produces 3,900 calories of food per inhabitant per day. Sixty-six percent of Americans are overweight or obese, with the national obesity rate doubling between 1976 and 1999. | This Is Why We Fail

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Obesity— The root of the problem? Depending on gender and how active they are, adults should eat 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day. U.S. agriculture now produces 3,900 calories of food per inhabitant per day. Sixty-six percent of Americans are overweight or obese, with the national obesity rate doubling between 1976 and 1999.

Obesity—

The root of the problem? Depending on gender and how active they are, adults should eat 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day. U.S. agriculture now produces 3,900 calories of food per inhabitant per day.

Sixty-six percent of Americans are overweight or obese, with the national obesity rate doubling between 1976 and 1999.

/// Posted Apr 5 2009 @ 12:53 pm
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