Tag: obesity

Weight of the world: 2.1 billion people obese or overweight

(Reuters) – Obesity is imposing an increasingly heavy burden on the world’s population in rich and poor nations alike, with almost 30 percent of people globally now either obese or overweight – a staggering 2.1 billion in all, researchers have said. The researchers conducted what they called the most comprehensive assessment to date of one of the pressing public health dilemmas of our time, using data covering 188 nations from 1980 to 2013. Nations in […]

Knowing Obesity and Preventing It

  In a new study this year, researchers have found out that at the early age of nine to 11, children who have been obese are most likely to remain in that state until they mature.  Still, there is no reason to be complacent for children in the same age with normal weight.  Because studies also reveal that  the ratio of children aged nine to 11 with normal weight are also proven to develop obesity […]