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The United States of Obesity Walter Hudson was discovered by his family when he became wedged in his bedroom and was lifted out with a crane through his roof. Wally once weight a whopping 1200 pounds (though the industrial scale broke as he was being weighed). As you may have seen or heard in the newspapers, television, Internet, and radio, the obesity rates are climbing at an alarming rate. A study conducted by the Center for Disease Control states that the obesity rate five years ago was approximately one person in eight and is now about one in five. According to the National Institutes of Health, over 100 million Americans — or about 60 percent of the adult population — are overweight. As many as a third are considered "obese," a term that in general is applied when a person is 20 percent or more above their ideal body weight. But how do we solve the problem of obesity in America? The answer lies in prevention, healthy eating habits, and progressive health education. Most think that overeating causes al