New U.S. nutritional guidelines should focus on keeping Americans from getting even fatter, experts said on Tuesday, with an emphasis not only on healthy foods but on finding ways to help Americans eat better and exercise more.
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With two-thirds of U.S. adults overweight or obese, the aim is to help people cut calories while getting the right nutrients, Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer of the Health and Human Services Department told reporters in a telephone briefing.
"This report is unprecedented in addressing the obesity epidemic … and the obesity epidemic is the single biggest threat to public health," Slade-Sawyer said.
This is especially true for children, among whom obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years.
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