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U.S. child obesity estimated at 4%
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Body weight increases for 10 year olds by 10 pounds from 1972-2002
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McDonald's sells the first Happy Meal
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More than 60% of U.S. households own VCRs
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Nintendo releases the Game Boy
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Federal law is passed requiring packaged food labels to list nutrition information
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Americans dine out 25% of the time
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Average cheeseburger tops 533 calories
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White potatoes, iceberg lettuce, and canned tomatoes make up half of American's vegetable servings
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Sesame Street's Cookie Monster stops gorging on sweets and sings that cookies are a "sometimes food"
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Beverage Industry announces voluntary removal of high-calorie soft drinks from school vending machines by 2009-10 school year
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1 in 3 children are overweight and 15% of youth are obese