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Tag: obesity
One in five people are eating themselves to an early death: Global study
Millions of people are dying around the world from poor diets, often packed with sodium and lacking in whole grains and fruits, according to a study published Wednesday.
How you can think yourself thin
650 million people in the world are considered obese.
It’s more likely that people live in countries where obesity is more of a problem then being underweight.
Only Acting Together Can We Stop the Rise in Malnutrition
The number of undernourished people increased for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has exceeded 39 million people. In addition, almost one in four adults is obese, while overweight affects 250 million; more than the entire population of Brazil.
Rising obesity in Africa reflects a broken global food system
When I visited Kigali, Rwanda’s capital last week, I noticed an array of new fast food restaurants downtown. This is not an exception — chains such as Burger King, Pizza Hut and KFC are proliferating across Africa. Meanwhile, obesity rates are skyrocketing across the continent.
