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Obesity (Photo: Tony Alter / CC BY 2.0/MGN) (AP) — For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America’s ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35 percent or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America's epidemic of excess weight might be improving.