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World More Obese Than Underweight

By Dietdoctor @DietDoctor1
World More Obese than Underweight

There are now more people with obesity in the world, than people who are underweight. This according to a new study in the Lancet. Add people who are overweight and there are four times more.

World More Obese than Underweight

Not in the graph above that if this epidemic continues soon more than 50% of humanity will be overweight. Most developed countries have already passed that point.

Obviously this is not due to a sudden world-wide loss of character. It's because of a change in the environment: a fear of natural fat, a shortage of real unprocessed foods and (most of all) easy access to massive amounts of sugar and other refined carbs.

BBC News: More Obese People in the World than Underweight, Says Study The Lancet: Trends in Adult Body-Mass Index in 200 Countries from 1975 to 2014: A Pooled Analysis of 1698 Population-Based Measurement Studies with 19·2 Million Participants

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