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Globesity: a crisis of growing proportions [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04
In the United States, the latest data show that two out of three adults are overweight, and nearly one in three is obese. Alarmingly, similar trends are emerging around the world. In countries as diverse as the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Kuwait, and Mexico at least half the population is overweight and one in five is obese.
Issue: 
Volume 48 | Issue 1 [2]
Author: 
Eberwine Donna [3]
Attachment: 
article_94_en.pdf [4]
Keywords: 
International Obesity Task Force, IOTF, globesity, weight, diet, tobacco
Section: 
Diabetes in Society [5]
Theme: 
Children [6]
Lifestyle interventions [7]
Obesity [8]
Type 2 diabetes [9]
Nutrition [10]
Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/globesity-a-crisis-of-growing-proportions

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/globesity-a-crisis-of-growing-proportions
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/03/03/01/volume-48-issue-1
[3] http://www.idf.org/authors/91/eberwine-donna
[4] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_94_en.pdf
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[6] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/165
[7] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/158
[8] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/155
[9] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/153
[10] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/151