Numbers

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Carole Buia, Mitch Frank, Sean Gregory, Janice M. Horowitz and Lisa Mclaughlin Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002
    • 30.5 Percentage of American adults who, in a government survey, are considered obese

    19.8 Percentage of American adults who consider themselves obese

    40 Percentage increase in the number of people who tried to flee a Los Angeles police officer in the past three years

    2,000 People who subscribe to a Los Angeles beeper/e-mail service that notifies them whenever there's a police chase being covered live on TV

    SOURCES: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; WALL STREET JOURNAL