The cattle are getting fatter with carcass weights around 2 % higher than last year.
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Americans keep getting fatter, and now there are new findings about the health dangers that come with obesity.
Some experts believe that the reason Americans are living longer, even though they're getting fatter, is that many fewer people smoke.
No one doubts that Americans are getting fatter, as we hunker down behind our desks all day, and eat super-sized orders of fries.
And they are getting fatter quickly: Between 1991 and 2000, the prevalence of being overweight among U.S. adults increased by 61%, the CDC says.
Now with the debate having taken a global turn, the Bush Administration has argued that there is no valid evidence for some of the WHO recommendations, such as the idea of restricting ads geared to children, who, like their parents are getting fatter.
Researchers say the reason for the surge is partly because Americans are getting older and fatter, and possibly because of the country's decline in physical activity and some undefined changes in the American diet such as an increase in fat consumption.
This may be because men have another option: for suit-wearers the best trick is to buy not the right new size but a size too big, for then the suit looks loose and people may be fooled into thinking you are getting slimmer, not fatter.
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