
05-14-2007, 10:58 PM
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Supercalifragilisticexpiali...
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by ManOfWord
It is rapidly changing where?
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While the numbers don't match the USA, there are sharp increases in obesity worldwide. Check this story out.
The Worldwide Obesity Epidemic: More Prevalent Than Starvation
Dr. Joseph Mercola
The epidemic of obesity could overwhelm our global economy far sooner than many experts expected, based on estimates the world's population of overweight people now exceeds the number who go hungry by some 20 percent. Scientists believe the number of overweight people has topped the 1 billion mark versus 800 million who go hungry.
Moreover, these alarming numbers -- based on tracking the health of some 16,000 Chinese residents since 1989 -- signal a frightening shift in the obesity epidemic from the rich to poorer folks living in rural and urban areas. Over the past 17 years, obesity grew from zero to 25 percent as residents began following more harmful Western diets and lifestyles. Some of the familiar culprits:
*The explosive arrival and demand for sugary fruit and soft drinks.
*Owning a TV.
*The use of cheap, toxic vegetable oils.
*Western-style food ads.
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