Obesity worse than ever in the U.S.

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" during a time when the amount of research

activity, knowledge and interest in obesity among the medical community as

well as the level of public attention to the issues of weight, diet and

exercise have never been greater, the epidemic of obesity continues

virtually unabated with no sign of reversal. " .......

.......Yet without better means of prevention and treatment, obesity experts

predict a grim future. " We must have the surgeon general and the CDC

intensify their efforts for early identification and early prevention of

overweight and obesity, " said Harvard's Blackburn, " or we are going to have

the first generation of children who are not going to live as long as their

parents. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62930-2002Oct8.html