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Obesity is being twenty percent over normal body weight. Many people think that being overweight is the same thing as being obese but, actually, overweight means being only five percent over normal body weight. Morbidly obese, though, is being one hundred pounds or more over normal body weight. Obesity, which is now considered a disease, has been the diagnosis of nearly one-third of adults in the U.S. Society has greatly influenced the rise of obesity as fast food has become startlingly popular. Today’s lifestyle is one that is always on the go and the view of people today is that, if something is fast, it must be good. Fast food is cheap and, as the name suggests, fast it is considered one of the best choice for a quick meal. Yet, as many television commercials point out, the servings given in fast food