Obesity Is A Global Epidemic
Article Date: 03 Sep 2006 - 9:00 PST
Obesity is not just a problem for the USA, it is not just limited to other developed countries either - it is a problem that has spread throughout the globe, and is now recognised as an insidious killer and the major contributing cause of preventable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease - according to Professor Paul Zimmet, chairman of the 10th International Congress on Obesity, Sydney, Australia.
Health care professionals now acknowledge that childhood obesity/overweight is such, that we could be seeing, for the first time in human history, the possibility of millions of parents outliving their children.
Overweight/obesity affects more people on our planet than undernourishment. In other words, there are more fat people in the world than underfed people. Obesity is now the greatest contributor to chronic disease.
The International Congress on Obesity, which is currently underway, is being attended by over 2,500 delegates from around the globe, who will listen to 400 experts.
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