Obesity: It’s Not Just for Mid-Life Anymore

Obesity: It’s Not Just for Mid-Life Anymore
Americans are spending more and more of their food dollars on meals consumed away from home. This has led to widening waistlines among young adults. ShutterStock
By Paige Bierma, HealtDay reporter
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No matter what time you set on your alarm clock, you keep pounding the snooze button until 8:30 every morning. Barreling out of bed in a panic, you hit the shower, race out the door, and clock into work just 10 minutes late with a coffee and giant muffin in hand.

You work through lunch while chowing down a burger and fries that you barely notice, but by 3 p.m. you’re crashing, so you’re off to the vending machine for an infusion of chocolate, vowing to hit the gym after work and buy salad fixings on the way home. But by the time you finally finish work and head out to the car it’s late and you’re tired, and, well, you know the rest.

Paige Bierma
Paige Bierma
HealtDay reporter
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