response: Well, it is being cited more often as one of America's major health issues.
original_response: Yeah obesity in the united states is a serious health issue. 1 in 3 people in America are Pre-Diabetic or Diabetic.
history: Obesity is the number one problem now days. It's going to kill more people then cancer. Is that so? I know of obesity as an excess of body fat to the point that it can have a negative effect on a person's health. It seems like I'm seeing more and more very heavy people at younger and younger ages.
knowledge: Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades, resulting in diseases such as coronary heart disease that lead to mortality.