KIXS FM 108 » obesity http://kixs.com The Country Leader Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 America's Obesity Rate Continues To Skyrocket http://kixs.com/americas-obesity-rate-continues-to-skyrocket/ http://kixs.com/americas-obesity-rate-continues-to-skyrocket/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:29:52 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kixs.com/?p=6857 Americans keep getting fatter and fatter.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's annual state-by-state report on the obesity epidemic has revealed that between 2008 and 2010, 16 states had what was described as a steep increases in their adult obesity rate.

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New research has found that sitting for long periods of time can be just as dangerous as smoking.

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