ApocaDocs: Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980

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Posted Tue Feb 8 2011: from Associated Press:


	Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980 http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1297127835 The world is becoming a heavier place, especially in the West. Obesity rates worldwide have doubled in the last three decades even as blood pressure and cholesterol levels have dropped, according to three new studies... In 1980, about 5 percent of men and 8 percent of women worldwide were obese. By 2008, the rates were nearly 10 percent for men and 14 percent for women. That means 205 million men and 297 million women weighed in as obese. Another 1.5 billion adults were overweight, according to the obesity study...Experts warned the increasing numbers of obese people could lead to a "global tsunami of cardiovascular disease."

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'Doc Jim says:

Let's call it a global fatsunami.