Nibbles: American obesity alarming, plus mindless munching and clueless fat people

Nearly everyone is overweight Most ethnic groups living in the United States have obesity rates called “quite alarming” by researchers. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis found that more than two-thirds of all whites, blacks and Hispanics were overweight and one-third to half were obese. The number of overweight Asian Americans was lower, leading researchers to say the rising rate of obesity isn’t inevitable. Obese adults had more high blood pressure, abnormal lipid levels and diabetes,