ABSTRACT

Prevalence: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and, if the current rate of increase in prevalence continues, by 2030, we all will be overweight (Wang et al. 2008). This is an epidemic in America, undoubtedly caused by an unfavorable shift in our eating and exercise habits, which are now, unfortunately, being adopted globally.