According to the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey taken in 2000, nearly two thirds of the adult population in America is either overweight or obese. America is one of the richest countries in the world, and most Americans are fortunate enough to be able to eat whenever we want to. Our abundance of food has caused Americans to become fat, and we know it. The Centers for Disease Control has an annual budget of thirty five-million dollars a year for its division of nutrition and physical activity to help promote healthier lifestyles for Americans, but the CDC can’t compete with the billions of dollars that marketers such a McDonald’s annually spend promoting their products. (Jacobson) As our country becomes
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