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Posted on 05/29/2014 10:19:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New Delhi: One of every three people, or almost 2.1 billion of the world’s population is either obese or overweight, according to the Global Burden of Disease study published in Lancet medical journal on Thursday which analyses data from 188 countries between 1990 and 2013.
Almost 37% of the world’s men are overweight or obese, up from 29% in 1980. And almost 38% of the world’s women are, up from 30% in 1980.
According to the study, 13% of the obese people in the world are in the US and 15% in China and India — an indication of how economic progress has wreaked havoc on waistlines in developing economies.
In 2010, obesity (and being overweight) caused the death of 3.4 million people, according to study conducted by the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Most of the deaths were caused by cardiovascular conditions.
“Obesity is an issue affecting people of all ages and incomes, everywhere,” said Christopher Murray, director of Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, in a press release. “In the last three decades, not one country has achieved success in reducing obesity rates, and we expect obesity to rise steadily as incomes rise in low- and middle-income countries in particular, unless urgent steps are taken to address this public health crisis,” added Murray who is one of the co-founders of the study.
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Well, only Americans ever elevated the kenyan to high office, so we pretty much deserve the scorn of the entire globe for all of the rest of what may be left of human history.
One way ticket.
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That might explain why Michael Moore doesn’t live in India or China. ...less competition in the USA.
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Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week, don’t forget to try the veal.
That’s about half what you’d expect just from the national populations.
I’ve heard of Chicken and Waffles... So is this Rabbit and Pancakes?
Related good one.
Why are British girls so fat?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3161378/posts
No protein.
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