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Almost 30% of People In the World Are Obese or Overweight
Time ^ | Alexandra Sifferlin

Posted on 06/25/2017 7:10:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The global obesity epidemic continues, and a new report shows that about two billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. That's about 30% of the world's population.

The new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that about a third of the global population—including adults and children—exceed a healthy weight. About 10% of people in the world are obese, according to the findings. Studies have linked overweight and obesity to a higher risk for health complications like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, respiratory problems, major cancers and more.

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: fake; fakenews; junkscience; obesity; propaganda; trends
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To: Yaelle
"Vegan isn’t that healthy."

Especially now days. There is a huge industry of vegan processed frozen foods. And just like regular processed frozen foods, the vegan counterparts have lots of sodium and sugar.

Many people have this idea of vegans and vegetarians as all looking like the 1960's model Twiggy. Not the case. I've met a lot of fat, not just slightly overweight, but fat vegans....
41 posted on 06/26/2017 10:28:55 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: nickcarraway

Nick,

There a little island resort that can take care of this problem for America. People join the club down there and the fat ones get to be thin ones. The best part about it is you get paid for losing weight!

The island is called Parris Island and the resort is called Marine Corps Boot Camp. If you can’t hack it during the beginning of first phase, they have something called the Physical Conditioning Platoon (PCP) or as it is commonly referred to, the pork chop platoon. Let me tell you something, body shaming works, hard PT all day long and eating minimally works. I’ve seen massive weight loss there.


42 posted on 06/26/2017 10:35:42 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: sheana

No carbs? Just meat and oil and butter? I’m diabetic, so, always check the number of carbs. Everything has carbs, except the few I mentioned.


43 posted on 06/26/2017 12:21:33 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: NetAddicted

Being intentionally dense? No carbs. Bread, pasta, potatoes, etc.


44 posted on 06/26/2017 2:21:02 PM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

What do you eat that has no carbs? As a diabetic, that information is extremely important to me. I need a list.


45 posted on 06/26/2017 4:26:56 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: 21twelve

Yeah, I’m thinking that younger folk watching “The Honeymooners” would probably wonder at all of the fat jokes.


46 posted on 06/26/2017 4:37:21 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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