America has the highest obesity rates in the world. One-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese. Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese. In 2009–2010, over 78 million U.S. adults and about 12.5 million U.S. children and adolescents were obese. Almost 41 million women and more than 37 million men aged 20 and o ...

There are 33,000 McDonald's restaurants in the world. The McDonalds web site quotes "McDonald's is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 33,000 local restaurants serving nearly 68 million people in 119 countries each day.". Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richar ...

The United States of America is made up of 50 states. 48 of the states are contiguous. Hawaii and Alaska are not attached to the rest of the states. Note that the US capital city, Washington, D.C., is not a state, nor does it reside within any of the fifty states. It is a district all on its own, located in the east and bordered by Maryland and Virginia. It ...

There are a total of 9 Justices on the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" (majority vote) of the Senate. Once appointed, Justices effectively have life tenure, serving "during good Behaviour", which ter ...

There are 439 hospitals in California. List of hospitals in California 9th Medical Group - Beale Air Force Base, California 61st Medical Group - Los Angeles Air Force Base, California 95th Medical Group - Edwards Air Force Base, California Advanced Medical Imaging - Fresno, California Adventist Health - Roseville, California Alameda County Medical Center - S ...