Education drove down smoking rates; it can do the same for obesity

To the editor: We don’t need statistics to know that we have an obesity problem. Just walk outside or look in the mirror. (“Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults are now obese, CDC says,” Oct. 12)

As an old timer (I’m 79), I remember in the 1950s that an obese person was conspicuous.

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