An estimated two-thirds of Americans are deemed overweight or obese. How heavy is that? Astoundingly massive, according to molecular physiologist Ronald M. Evans of the Salk Institute. Sum up all of the excess, he says, and you'll find that the U.S. population is "6.5 billion pounds overweight."
Source: Evans' Fritz Lipmann lecture, this morning, at Experimental Biology '07.
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