Worldwide, more obese than malnourished – Polish Radio

                             

                                 
 
 03/31/2016 23:55
 
                             

                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                             
                             

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                             More than one-eighth of the adult population of the Earth suffer from obesity – reported medical magazine The Lancet.
                         

This is two times more than in 1975. According to the authors of the publication, in 2014, 641 million of the 5 million adults were obese. In the 9 years it will have 1.1 billion people. In the 2,025 years because of high weight will suffer 20 percent of the adult population.

The Lancet points out that in 1975 only 3.2 percent of men wrestled very overweight. In 2014, it was already close to 11 percent. Among women, the increase is equally dynamic – from 6.4 percent to 14.9 percent.

Researchers suggest guilty – a diet in which repeatedly cross the normal consumption of added sugar to a number of products, as well as excessive consumption of fats.

(IAR)