Can Obesity Be Contagious?

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Obesity is deadly. Today it is growing at epidemic proportions and researchers find it may spread through communities. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 30 percent of adult Americans are obese.1 By comparison, in 1989 when the CDC began collecting data, no state reported obesity rates over 14 percent.2 By 2010 only one state reported obesity rates below 19 percent.

The rising rates of obesity and challenges with weight management have been topics of discussion for at least 30 years. A multibillion-dollar industry emerged to address the topic and …read more

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