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The number of overweight and obese people has skyrocketed over the past thirty years, jumping from 857 million in 1980 to more than 2 billion in 2013. That's approximately a third of the world's population. In 2010 alone, between 3 and 4 million people died due to complications from obesity. While the United States is often pegged as the standard-bearer for overweight populations, there are more than a few countries tracking close behind. With people in the world becoming more sedentary thanks to desk and computer jobs and more and more gaining access to high calorie, high fat foods like...

(VIDEO AT LINK) I guess it’s great to have goals, but this one could be fatal. Mother of two Susanne Eman is on a mission to be the fattest woman in the world, and she is well on her way at 728lbs. Susan is only at the half way mark of her 1600lb goal. Meet Susanne and get the rest of the story after the jump. Susanne Eman, 32, runs her own blog on the way to 1600+pounds where she describes herself as “your average gal next door who just happens to have a body to match the size of...

Fattest city designation lands Evansville on British TV programResult of Gallup poll By Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt Evansville Courier & Press Posted January 11, 2012 at 9:23 p.m. EVANSVILLE — The ranking of residents of the Evansville metropolitan area as the most obese in America in a recent Gallup poll has lured a British television crew to the city. The crew has been in town this week at Deaconess Hospital and other locations to film an episode of the British show "Supersize vs. Superskinny." Hosted by Dr. Christian Jessen, the show features information about dieting and extreme eating lifestyles. Its goal is...

A Mexican man who once weighed half a ton is looking forward to the simple things in life after shedding half his body weight. Manuel Uribe, 42, of Monterrey, Mexico, reached a peak weight of 1,225lb - 87 stone - after years of unhealthy living, including a diet of pizza and tacos. Bed-bound and unable to look after himself, in January 2006, after five years of isolation, Mr Uribe made an impassioned plea on Mexican national television for help. Doctors and dieticians the world over responded to his appeal, with a team of medics from Italy, the United States and...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Officials and residents here are taking issue with the results of a magazine study that ranked their city as one of the nation's fattest. Men's Fitness named San Jose as the country's 24th fattest city, behind San Diego, Fresno and Philadelphia. Chicago won the designation as the fattest city, followed by Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dallas. David Vossbrink, spokesman for San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales, disputed the results, saying the nation's 10th biggest city is no different from other locations across the country. The 54-year-old mayor does his part to keep the city off...

<p>We all know that obesity rates are increasing in the United States, but nobody wants their city to be known as the nation's fattest.</p> <p>But Men's Fitness editors released their fifth annual "America's Fattest Cities" rankings, finding that Houston takes the cake in the fattest city competition.</p>