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Why Are Fewer Americans Trying to Lose Weight?

The number of obese Americans has reached record levels. This trend is plenty disturbing on its own, but CNN reports that the situation is even worse than we imagined. Despite the catastrophic obesity epidemic, fewer Americans are interested in losing weight than a generation ago. Less than half of overweight Americans are trying to lose weight. There are certainly multiple reasons for this serious issue. With so many people overweight, one theory is that obesity has been “normalized...