Americans have a problem. Sixty-six percent of all adults in the United States are overweight or obese. The rate of obesity has doubled for adults and tripled for children over the last twenty years. Heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes are all outcomes of being overweight. Seven out of every 10 deaths in the United States are the result of chronic diseases. By 2005, 78% of people over 55 years old had at least one chronic disease. In addition to the above mentioned chronic...