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What are the recent statists of obesity in California of all ages and ethnic groups?

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California residents have gained 360 million pounds of excess weight in the past ten years (since 1993), a rate that is among the fastest in the country. A third of our children, one in four teens, and over half of all adults are already overweight or obese.This epidemic affects virtually all age, income, educational, ethnic and disability groups,although rates are highest among Californians of Latino, American Indian, African American and Pacific Islander descent with lower incomes and disabilities. (reported in 2003)

*in 2003 22 percent of California children and teens overweight

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