Americans a bit taller, much heavier - report
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WASHINGTON: Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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The average American gains five pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year&#39;s -- but you don&#39;t have to, experts at Duke University Medical Center say.
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Itâs a curious phenomenon. Americans seem to feel more economically insecure even though the economy has become more stable.
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Married people are healthier than other adults, though husbands have a tendency to pack on extra pounds, the National Center for Health Statistics says.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the U.S. population is, literally, growing.
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People in the developed world today are taller and more robust than their great-great-grandparents ever imagined, and not just because of better medicine, a researcher says.
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Americans living in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Vermont are more likely to live long, healthy lives than people residing anywhere else in the nation, according to an annual study ranking state-by-state health indicators.
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NEW YORK  - The U.S. government recently   bumped up its recommendations for fruit and vegetable   consumption, and a new study suggests it's very likely   Americans aren't keeping up.
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Americans are getting taller on  average but they are much heavier too, according to government  figures released on Wednesday showing that the U.S. population  is, literally, growing.
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Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday.
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An American study found women living in households with four or more people were significantly more likely to be obese than those who lived by themselves.
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Nov. 8 - A new report card on the nation&#39;s health shows the prevalence of obesity is up 97% since 1990. It shows nearly one in 4 Americans is 30 pounds or more overweight.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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NEW YORK  - The amount of height men lose as they age is related to their odds of dying as they reach 60s and 70s, a new study shows.
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Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants' health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States &#151; the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers &#151; for more than 10 years.
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Dec.14, 2004 -- After 10 years in the US, immigrants start to gain weight, according to a new study. While immigrants are the fastest-growing segment of the US population, little is known about weight gain among them.
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Most of us are taller than our parents, who probably are taller than their parents.