During a teleconference on obesity, Parris Glendening, former governor of Maryland (D-MD), reports that obesity rates in the US have continued to increase in the past year.

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Glendening states approximately 64% of adults are reportedly obese. The federal government hopes to decrease obesity numbers to about 15% by the end of the year 2010. (:49)

 
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August 23, 2005
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