:01:26
Everything's bigger in America,
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we've got the biggest cars,
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the biggest houses,
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the biggest companies,
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the biggest food,
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and, finally,
the biggest people.
:01:38
America has now become
the fattest nation in the world.
:01:41
Congratulations.
:01:43
Nearly 100 million Americans
are today either overweight
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or obese.
:01:47
That's more
than 60% of all U.S. adults.
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Since 1980,
:01:51
the total number of overweight
and obese Americans has doubled,
:01:55
with twice as many
overweight children
:01:57
and three times as many
overweight adolescents.
:01:59
The fattest state in America?
:02:01
Mississippi -- where one
in four people are obese.
:02:05
I grew up in west Virginia,
:02:06
currently the third-fattest
state in America.
:02:09
When I was growing up, my mother
cooked dinner every single day.
:02:13
Almost all my memories of her
are in the kitchen.
:02:15
And we never ate out,
:02:17
only on those few, rare
special occasions.
:02:19
Today, families do it
all the time,
:02:21
and they're paying for it --
not only with their wallets,
:02:25
but with their waistlines.
:02:26
Obesity is now
second only to smoking
:02:28
as a major cause
of preventable death in America,
:02:31
with more
than 400,000 deaths per year
:02:33
associated
with related illnesses.
:02:35
In 2002, a few Americans
got fed up with being overweight
:02:39
and did what we do best.
:02:41
They sued the bastards.
:02:43
taking aim
at the fast-food companies
:02:45
and blaming them
for their obesity and illnesses,
:02:48
a lawsuit was filed in New York
on behalf of two teenage girls,
:02:50
one who was 14 years old,
4'10", and 170 pounds,
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the other, 19 years old,
5'6", and 270 pounds.