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Topic Started: Jun 13 2017, 02:48 PM (113 Views)
George K
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http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/whole-world-getting-fatter-study-finds-n771176

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Nearly a third of the world’s population is overweight or obese now, and it’s getting worse, researchers reported Monday.

The number of obese people has doubled since 1980 in 73 countries, the global team of researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine. Twelve percent of adults and five percent of children are classified as obese, meaning their body mass index (BMI), a measure of height to weight, is significantly above the healthy level.

“In 2015, a total of 107.7 million children and 603.7 million adults were obese,” the team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, who led the study team, said in a statement.

It’s killing them.

“In 2015, high BMI contributed to 4 million deaths, which represented 7.1 percent of the deaths from any cause,” the team wrote in their report.
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The U.S. is at the head of the pack, with more than two-thirds of Americans overweight or obese. Having too much body fat raises the risk of heart disease, many types of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease and a range of other conditions. It makes people more likely to get seriously ill or to die from influenza and other infectious diseases, also.

Egypt had the most obese adults in 2015, with 35 percent of all adults reaching a BMI of 30 or greater (22 to 25 is considered healthy).

And nearly 13 percent of kids are obese in the U.S., the highest percentage in the world.

The thinnest countries? Just 1.6 of adults in Vietnam are obese and only 1.2 percent of children are obese in Bangladesh, the survey found.

I also found this interesting:
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Evidence is building that it's food and not a lack of exercise that is more to blame for the expanding waistlines.

“Changes in the food environment and food systems are probably major drivers,” the research team wrote.

“Increased availability, accessibility, and affordability of energy-dense foods, along with intense marketing of such foods, could explain excess energy intake and weight gain among different populations,” they added.

Cars, roads, public transport and other factors have been around too long to take the blame for the changes in the obesity rates, the researchers said.
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John D'Oh
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Makes sense - it's a hell of a lot easier to eat an extra 1000 calories than it is to exercise it off.
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Rainman
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So, what's North Korea's secret?

From all the pictures I've seen, there is only one overweight pudgy fat guy.

Socialism/communism must be healthy, everyone is pretty much slim and trim.

Why isn't that ever pointed out as a positive?


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Copper
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George K
Jun 13 2017, 02:48 PM

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The number of obese people has doubled since 1980 in 73 countries,



The current world population is roughly 1.9 times that in 1980.

Coincidence?

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Catseye3
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Marketing and advertising. More foods with added sugar, especially high fructose corn syrup. Endocrine disruption from animal antibiotics and pesticides. Less physical activity.
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John D'Oh
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If you take a decision to stop eating sugary stuff, it's amazing how much there is, and just how sugary it is. I was at a cookout last week, and had my first Pepsi in years - it was unbelievably sweet, and to be honest not that pleasant. Next time I'll stick with the healthy alternative, beer.
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brenda
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John D'Oh
Jun 14 2017, 02:49 AM
If you take a decision to stop eating sugary stuff, it's amazing how much there is, and just how sugary it is. I was at a cookout last week, and had my first Pepsi in years - it was unbelievably sweet, and to be honest not that pleasant. Next time I'll stick with the healthy alternative, beer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10731418/Hidden-levels-of-sugar-in-alcohol-revealed.html

And, yes, Pepsi is disgustingly sweet. Ugh.
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