Teen obesity has grown to epidemic proportions in the United States and according to a report by the US Department of Health and Human Services , 14% of adolescents in the United States are overweight.(SOURCE) [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=house+fire&iid=9511005″ src=”http://view3.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9511005/forest-fire-damages-houses/forest-fire-damages-houses.jpg?size=500&imageId=9511005″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /] This figure has nearly tripled in the last 20 years.(Source) This leaves these obese […]
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500-Pound Obese Illinois Teen Dies In Fire Because Firemen Say She Was Too Fat To Get Out Of The House…2 Firemen Injured Trying To Carry Her Out The Burning House.
September 15, 2010
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