American Waistlines Continues To Expand At Alarming Rate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Reveals

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It appears as though abdominal obesity could be a growing problem in the US, as a new study has found that both its prevalence and the average waist circumference of American adults have increased from 1999-2012. These findings contrast with past research that used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Previous analyses suggested that the prevalence of obesity had not changed significantly from 2003-2012.

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