Oct 24, 2007

Young adults might want to change their wedding vows to say they are taking each other “for better or girth”…”The weight gain in this age group is frightening,” says Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition in the school of public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

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