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To: skinowski who wrote (117668)10/25/2003 12:01:18 PM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Is that so? JJ, would you kindly point out the source of this data...

#reply-17595731 - the Reuters article goes back to no one less than Ari Fleischer :-)

Press Briefing June 12, 2002

Each year, approximately 300,000 deaths occur related to obesity. In addition, five chronic diseases associated with obesity -- heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes -- claim more than 1.7 million American lives each year and account for more than two-thirds of all U.S. deaths.

whitehouse.gov