Overweight and obesity in the United States and other industrialized countries represents a significant and growing health problem. Individuals who are overweight or obese increase their risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes (T2D), and the metabolic syndrome. Obesity affects both genders and every ethnicity in the United States. The prevalence of obesity in the United States is currently 32.2% in adult men and 35.5% in adult women. The most recent evidence indicates that 33.8% of adults, over 66 million American adults, are obese (30 million men and 36 million women) while an additional 74 million (42 million men and 32 million women) are overweight. The prevalence of obesity has grown a shocking 40% over the last 30 years.