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Obesity in AmericaEssay Preview: Obesity in AmericaReport this essayObesity in AmericaObesity is now the second most preventable cause of death next to smoking. Roughly twenty-five percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese in this country. Since 1960 this number has doubled. Thirty-three percent may not sound like a lot, but that is one.