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Two-thirds of all adults and about a third of all children and teenagers in the United States are overweight or obese according to a report release Thursday by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Almost 41 million women and more than 37 million men aged 20 and over were obese in

2009-2010 (Figure 3). Among children and adolescents aged 2-19, more than 5 million girls and approximately 7 million boys were obese. (Figures are from the CDC)

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