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This article details how America as a whole has gotten larger, and that the everage body weight has naturally increased according to researchers. An interesting point I found was that luxury stores are scaling back their sizes. So if the tag says size 1o, you may in fact be wearing a size 14 so people still think they are skinny. This sounds like a gimmick just to keep people buying a certain brand because it says they are a size they really aren't. The opposite side of this is the thought now of "if people say this is now the new normal, then I don't need to lose weight." This isn't all a bad thing though because the article states that some elderly people who are overweight may have increased bone density, thereby making them less likely to break bones.....one of the few perks to being overweight.

I chose to bookmark this site because of recent class discussions about fast food and its negative effects on the United States. This article does a great job illustrating just how fat America is. It includes a picture that shows how much obesity has increased in the United States over the years. It also has a table that shows the percentage of people in each state that are obese. Last year 26.3% of people in Indiana alone were obese. This is insane to think about! More than a quarter of the people in this state have problems with their weight. I wonder if this is a direct result of all the fast food restaurants we have here in America.