Data: US obesity rate high, but not rising

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 01/13/2010 - 10:21

CHICAGO (AP) -- Raise a glass of diet soda, the nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of children are overweight, and there are no signs of improvement....

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