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Fast fact #37

#37: The 4.5 kg increase in weight of the average American between 1990 and 2000 caused aircraft to burn 350 more gallons of fuel, at a cost of $275 million, per year.

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Source: Dannenburg et al. Am J Prev Med 2004;27:264.
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797%2804%2900134-5/references
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Special-Fast-Facts-book/index.htm

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