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  • More U.S. States Than Ever Have High Obesity Rates, CDC Data Shows

    More U.S. States Than Ever Have High Obesity Rates, CDC Data Shows

    More and more Americans across the country are living with obesity, new data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The number of states and territories with high obesity rates has more than doubled since 2018. There are also wide disparities in obesity prevalence among different groups of Americans.


  • Which Animal Kills The Most Humans?

    Which Animal Kills The Most Humans?

    Animals fatally maul, sting, trample and chew about a million humans per year. Pretty nice of them, given the numbers on our side – the average of 551 million chickens killed in Australia every year, for instance. In an ideal world, no one would ever get mauled by a bear, or contract rabies from a…