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no contest this is very much a challenge... I do not want to undertake, in mate selection.. The nation's obesity epidemic continues to worsen despite intensive efforts to try to get Americans to slim down, according to a new federal report analyzing obesity rates on a state level that was released Tuesday. The number of states in which at least one-third of the adults were obese tripled in two years, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's report. In 2000, no state had an obesity prevalence of 30 percent or more. By 2007 that was the case in three states -- Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. By 2009, it was up to nine -- Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the report  The obesity rate varies widely from state to state, ranging from as low as 18.6 percent in Colorado to 34.4 percent in Mississippi. Southern and Midwestern states tend to have higher rates. The obesity rate was 24.2 in Virginia, 26.2 in Maryland and 19.7 in the District in 2009. Between 2007 and 2009, an additional 2.4 million Americans ages 18 and older became obese, according to the report. The rising obesity rate is adding to the nation's medical bill. Obese people cost the medical system $1,429 more in 2008 than people with normal weights, according to the report. In 2008, medical costs associated with obesity were about $147 billion. I guess, I will remain 'dateless", and surely, there is almost no hope of running into a mating candidate in Wal mart  
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you certainly have a good point.
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