Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Survey Finds 74% Overweight in U.S.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Seventy-four percent of Americans 25 or older are overweight, up from 71% a year ago and only 59% in 1986, Louis Harris and Associates reported. The poll asked 1,005 adults from Jan. 18 to 22 about their weight and compared the responses to recommended weight ranges for heights and body sizes. The poll has an error rate of plus or minus three percentage points.
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