Weve all heard the statistics. Obesity is on the rise, and related medical expenses could reach $344 billion by 2018, accounting for 21% of U.S. healthcare spending.
According to studies released by the Center for Disease Control, fifty-eight million Americans are overweight and forty million Americans are obese; eight out of 10 Americans over the age of
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