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National Nutrition Month identifies obesity, eating disorders

March is not just a month for watching college basketball and hunting for four leaf clovers. Nationwide it is also recognized as National Nutrition Month.

One disease that seems to be affecting people worldwide and more intensely the U.S. population is obesity.

According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention representatives, more than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered to be obese and obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

The state of Nebraska is the 24th most obese state in the nation, according to a 2011 report f...

 

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