Obesity Update
Americans are 1/3 overweight, 1/3 obese, 6% extremely obese.
Most obese state: Mississippi; least obese: Colorado.
Study: the key to controlling weight is not exercise, it's calories.
Hospital tells 275-pound woman to use zoo MRI.
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John, these updates are tons of fun.
On the woman going to the zoo, sounds like an efficient allocation of resources.