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‘Obesity has its hands in everything’

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Fact: Americans are getting larger. According to one Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, the percentage of Americans considered obese tripled between 1962 and 2012. Likewise, one 2021 report from the National Institutes of Health noted that obesity among children has quintupled since the 1960s. Reflecting on these figures, Hawley, Minn., native Cody […]