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Heart Disease will Kill 400,000 Americans in 2010

Posted on Feb 1, 2010

This Reuters news story reports on a new study which predicts that rising obesity rates and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans this year.  The research also indicates that half of those deaths could be averted if people ate healthier food and quit smoking,  Researchers estimate 1.5 billion adults worldwide will be overweight by 2015. 

This definitely echoes the fact that now is the time to GetUp, eat well and get fit!