Obesity is more than a U.S. problem

The media often talks about how fat the U.S. is and while that's true, scientists gathering at the 10th International Congress on Obesity are pointing out that this is a global problem. Some very interesting facts:

• There are now more overweight people in the world than undernourished.
• There are over 1 billion overweight adults (more than 300 million are obese) and about 800 million undernourished.
• The World Health Organization recognizes that obesity is more of a problem in rich countries but notes that it's going to be much more of a problem in developing countries by 2010.
• 22 million children worldwide are currently considered obese.

Doctors are worried that within the decade, problems related to obesity will overwhelm healthcare systems everywhere.

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