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Overweight Americans

Date: Aug 23 2005

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Intro

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Americans are fat! Well, not all of us. Nearly 64% of U.S. adults are overweight, which is a hefty amount of the total population. What can we say? We are a nation of people on the go, and we have little time to worry about nutrition and exercise.
Let’s listen to Sarah and Dave talk about exercise.

Dialog

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Dave

Sarah

Dave: Sarah, I just read 64% of Americans are overweight.

Sarah: Really? That’s huge. What do they consider overweight? Do you know?

Dave: I’m not sure. Just, I think it’s like 20% over your ideal body weight.

Sarah: Wow! That’s crazy! That doesn’t, like, show very well for Americans.

Dave: It doesn’t. But people don’t exercise very much.

Sarah: Yeah, I guess so. I don’t know. I exercise quite a bit.

Dave: Yeah? What do you do?

Sarah: I rock climb, which is really fun.

Dave: Wow.

Sarah: Yeah, and I hike…a lot…because, you know, we have great hiking around here. And parks and stuff like that. And, um, I go to the gym. And I do weights, and I do yoga. And…so I do lots of different stuff.

Dave: Wow, that’s great.

Sarah: Yeah.
Dave: Good for you.

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Discussion

Having an active lifestyle can do so much to improve your mental, physical and emotional well-being. Eat well, be active and keep healthy. That’s our motto.