Obesity is clearly one of the biggest problems in the world, and it's this black box. We really don't know why, but we see it and it's getting worse.
As of 2005 the WHO estimates that at least 400 million adults (9.8%) are obese, with higher rates among women than men.The rate of obesity also increases with age at least up to 50 or 60 years old.
Right now two thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. The scary part is that we are predicting that by 2015, ie, within 5 years, three fourths of Americans will be either overweight or obese. These are truly staggering numbers.
China probably has one of the fastest growing populations of obesity, and Australia now has said, "look, our number one leading cause of preventable death is
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