390301 01: People enjoy themselves June 7, 2001 on the beach in Hollywood, Florida as a new study released Wednesday says obese adults have more chronic health problems than smokers, heavy drinkers or the poor. The report, published in the latest issue of the British journal, "Public Health," by the RAND institute in Santa Monica found that obese people have on average nearly twice the chronic health troubles of people of normal weight. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
