The U faces a potential public heal...

The U faces a potential public health crisis more formidable than anything it has experienced in the past. Today, as many as 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. At least 300000 deaths appear every year as a inference of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other serious chronic diseases related to obesity. The avoidable medical expenses of obesity exceed U.S. $50 billion each year, pond than 5 percent of total U health care expenditures, and the total economic charges of obesity approach $100 billion a year. A conversation last summer on the Changing American Diet, sponsored by way of TIAX, the ...