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US will try anything to fight obesity and boost health

By Jessica Hamzelou

3 April 2013

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Take a load off, America

(Image: Donald Weber/VII)

IT’S no secret that the US has a weight problem, but the numbers are staggering: . Cases of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and strokes – which kill hundreds of thousands each year and are linked to obesity – are set to between 2010 and 2020. By 2030, the annual medical bill for the nation’s bad eating habits could top $66 billion.

Statistics will not scare people into better health, though. “The big question is: how do you encourage folks to eat better?” says

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