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Study finds U S citizens growing taller and heavier
Americans are taller and heavier than four decades ago, with men up about one inch and women up around one inch. Average adult weights rose from 166.3 to 191 pounds for men and 140.2 to 164.3 for women, BMI climbing from 25 to 28, while obesity and overweight rates more than doubled since the 1960s.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Samuel Klein
Center For Human Nutrition
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Klein
Cynthia Ogden