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One-Third of World Now Overweight, With U.S. Leading the Way

  • June 13, 2017

The full extent of the obesity epidemic is finally being recognized and it is now clear that it is a global problem. CNN reports that 2 billion people are overweight or obese. The U.S. will probably be the unfortunate standard bearer for the foreseeable future with 13 percent of children and young adults classified as obese.   What makes this epidemic so troubling is that the U.S. may in the worst shape, but this distinction is only a matter of gradation. For instance, over 1 in 3...