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A 36-year-old member asked:

I was at walmart and one of the employes was pushing through the crowd and almost knocked me over. why are people so fat these days?

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Dr. Shabbir Hossain
Dr. Shabbir Hossainanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Obesity: Obesity is a national epidemic. The reasons are multifactorial which is why it's such a tough problem to tackle. There isn't one magic bullet unfortunately.
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