- More People Are Now Obese Than Underweight, Study Finds. It looked at global BMI patterns from 1975-2014, and found 641 million obese people in 2014, compared to 105 million in 1975. The number of underweight people have fallen. It was estimated that by 2025, 1/5th all adults globally will be obese. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/piis0140-6736(16)30054-x/abstract 67 comments science
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- There Are Now More Obese People Than Skinny People in The World : ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/there-are-now-more-obese-than-skinny-people 19 comments
- Obesity a bigger problem than world hunger, Lancet study says http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/obesity-a-bigger-problem-than-world-hunger-lancet-study-says-20160317-gnlbwk.html 7 comments