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Goutham-Rao

Medicine's Goutham Rao explains concerns with rising obesity rates

MEDIA | August 5, 2016
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Average weight of an American man is 15 pounds more than 20 years ago Yahoo News: Goutham Rao, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, explained the concerns associated with a rising obesity rate. “Obesity is not just related to diabetes and heart disease,” he said, adding that patients “are having problems with their mobility, arthritis and there is a psychological component as well.”
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