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Everything's bigger in America,
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we've got the biggest cars,
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the biggest houses,
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the biggest companies,
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the biggest food,
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and, finally,the biggest people.
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America has now becomethe fattest nation in the world.
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Congratulations.
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Nearly 100 million Americansare today either overweight
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or obese.
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That's morethan 60% of all U.S. adults.
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Since 1980,
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the total number of overweightand obese Americans has doubled,
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with twice as manyoverweight children
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and three times as manyoverweight adolescents.
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The fattest state in America?
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Mississippi -- where onein four people are obese.
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I grew up in west Virginia,
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currently the third-fatteststate in America.
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When I was growing up, my mothercooked dinner every single day.
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Almost all my memories of herare in the kitchen.
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And we never ate out,
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only on those few, rarespecial occasions.
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Today, families do itall the time,
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and they're paying for it --not only with their wallets,
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but with their waistlines.
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Obesity is nowsecond only to smoking
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as a major causeof preventable death in America,
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with morethan 400,000 deaths per year
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associatedwith related illnesses.
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In 2002, a few Americansgot fed up with being overweight
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and did what we do best.
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They sued the bastards.
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taking aimat the fast-food companies
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and blaming themfor their obesity and illnesses,
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a lawsuit was filed in New Yorkon behalf of two teenage girls,
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one who was 14 years old,4'10", and 170 pounds,
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the other, 19 years old,5'6", and 270 pounds.
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