Report: Americans a bit taller, much heavier
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WASHINGTON - Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  A new study by the U.S.
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At 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 146 pounds, you think you&#39;re an average-sized woman. And as guys go, at 5 feet 11 inches tall and 185 pounds, you think your husband is in pretty good shape, too.
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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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Many immigrants to the United States soon get fat, joining an increasingly obese population in their adopted country, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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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Oct. 27, 2004 -- If you could go back in time to 1960, you might notice that men, women, and children were a bit shorter then and had a lower average weight than today.
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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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Bad news for new Americans: A study published Wednesday shows that simply moving to the USA packs on the pounds. &quot;The longer you live here, the more likely you are to be obese,&quot; says Mita Sanghavi Goel, a
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In most of western Europe, easily more than half the adults are overweight, and in the United States two-thirds are fat. Why, then, are some able to stay thin in such an environment? The answer is complex and not the same for everyone.
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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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It is better for women to be fat and fit than lean and lazy if they want to prevent heart problems, a new study shows. But the surprising findings aren&#39;t carte blanche for Americans
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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We have grown taller and heavier since the 1960s, according to a new study, but compared with a newly discovered human species, we are really, really huge.
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A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers â-or more than 10 years.
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Overweight people have a tendency to sit, while lean ones have trouble holding still, researchers are reporting.
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People who put on a few extra pounds may be able to blame a lack of sleep for the added weight, according to two separate studies published recently.