[WATCH]: Study: Global Obesity Doubled In Past 30 Years

Transcript by www.newsy.com BY TRACY PFEIFFER You're watching multisource health video news analysis from Newsy. Three papers published in the Lancet medical journal could offer clues to fighting obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol -- three conditions quickly becoming pandemics. Denver's KDVR has more. "Worldwide obesity levels have nearly doubled since 1980. (FLASH) In 2008, nearly 10 percent of men and 14 percent of women were obese. That's compared to nearly 5 percent of men and 8 percent of women back in 1980." But the results aren't as simple as an increase in obesity -- they highlight key differences in obesity and weight-related health complications depending on a nation's economic status. In Emax Health, the

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