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The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020

About 74 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight, according to the CDC

by Linda Searing

That includes nearly 43 percent who are considered obese. Yet 10 percent of those people don’t perceive themselves to be overweight, says an analysis of the data.

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