A new analysis of global health data shows that the years of life lost from obesity outnumber those lost by hunger.
Data from the World Health Organization’s Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 was unveiled yesterday and will be published in The Lancet. It reveals that obesity rates have increased 82 percent worldwide over the past two decades. It’s now a problem in all countries except for those in sub-Saharan Africa. Obesity and its associated complications produce health burdens higher than those caused by hunger, CNN reported.
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