Obesity rate will reach at least 42 percent, say models of social contagion

Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 16:50 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at Harvard University say America's obesity epidemic won't plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are obese, an estimate derived by applying mathematical modeling to 40 years of Framingham Heart Study data.

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