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1. Thirty per cent of children in the USA are overweight.
2. More than two thirds of obese children older than 10 years old will become obese adults.
3. Obesity is twice as common now as 20 years ago.
4. Obesity in adults causes on average 5 to 20 years of life lost.
5. Obesity is associated with a 36% increase in inpatient and outpatient spending.
6. Obesity is associated with 77% increase in medication use compared to the expenses of non-obese individuals.
7. Obesity is increasing in spite of the efforts of AMA, AAP, AAFP, and other government agencies to educate the public.
8. Obesity is the most visible but silent killer.
9. Obesity is now implicated as a factor in increased cancer.
10. Physicians alone can’t stop the major complications of obesity.

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