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adults is obese, and more than two in three are overweight or obese. This report examines the epidemic in Indiana.                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                        \n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2e15a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b2e15a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d22ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1d22ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"block wordpress-block wordpress-paragraph core-paragraph\"><p>Obesity has increased dramatically over the past several decades, becoming one of the most significant preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Over the past 20 years, obesity rates have risen steadily in Indiana, from 20 percent in 1995 to 34 percent in 2017. One in three Hoosier adults is obese, and more than two in three are overweight or obese. Indiana\u2019s obesity rate is the 12th highest in the U.S. In Marion County, 39 percent of adults are obese, up steadily from 26 percent in 2005 and 33 percent in 2012. 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