US obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking (AP)

Diets & Weight Loss

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, a 15-year-old girl has her sensor checked before starting a series of physical activities at a University of Southern California lab in Alhambra, Calif. A cell phone for gathering the data is attached to a belt on her hip. America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-10, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, Jan, 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin)AP – America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

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