Obesity bigger killer than starvation

Mokey41

(CNN) -- Obesity is a bigger health crisis globally than hunger, and the leading cause of disabilities around the world, according to a new report published Thursday in the British medical journal The Lancet.

Nearly 500 researchers from 50 countries compared health data from 1990 through 2010 for the Global Burden of Disease report, revealing what they call a massive shift in global health trends.

"We discovered that there's been a huge shift in mortality. Kids who used to die from infectious disease are now doing extremely well with immunization," said Ali Mokdad, co-author of the study and professor of global health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, which led the collaborative project.

"However, the world is now obese and we're seeing the impact of that."
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The report revealed that every country, with the exception of those in sub-Saharan Africa, faces alarming obesity rates -- an increase of 82% globally in the past two decades. Middle Eastern countries are more obese than ever, seeing a 100% increase since 1990.

"The so-called 'Western lifestyle' is being adapted all around the world, and the impacts are all the same," Mokdad said.


http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/13/health/global-burden-report/index.html

RoadsterGirlie

Not suprising.. 2/3rds of the people in America are overweight, and even more-so in the poorer areas of the country.

What makes me really irate/sad is when I see an overweight kid.

drmerc

I'd rather die from obesity than starvation

RoadsterGirlie

Yeah, dying of hunger would be a horrible way to go. I'm not talking "skipping a meal or two due to cutting calories." I'm talking "food not being available or weeks/months, etc.

Jesmoko

Every overweight person should get a free liposuction, and then we could feed all that fat to the starving to balance it out. Problem solved.

RoadsterGirlie

Ew.

FredDoyle

Every overweight person should get a free liposuction, and then we could feed all that fat to the starving to balance it out. Problem solved.

Or convert it to fuel for their SUVs.

Mokey41

Every overweight person should get a free liposuction, and then we could feed all that fat to the starving to balance it out. Problem solved.

Poor attempt at humor.