There is a global majority approaching….and it is not what you think.
The planet is becoming overweight (polite term for FAT) or obese…..
In a little more than a decade, obese people will be the majority around the world. More than half of the world’s population, or more than 4 billion people, will be overweight or obese by 2035, according to the World Obesity Federation, which is warning countries to act now to prevent “serious repercussions” at a cost of $4.3 trillion globally—or 3% of the global Gross Domestic Product. That’s “comparable to the economic damage wrought by Covid-19,” per the Guardian. It notes 38% of the world’s population is already overweight (with a body mass index of at least 25) or obese (BMI of 30 and up). About one in seven people are now obese, though that’s expected to rise to one in four by 2035.
A new report from the federation finds the fastest rising rates of obesity in children, with rates among boys and girls expected to double from 2020 figures, per the BBC. The expected rate among girls is slightly higher than boys at 125%, per the Guardian. That’s a “particularly worrying” finding, says Louise Baur, the federation’s president. She adds “governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social, and economic costs on to the younger generation” by assessing “the systems and root factors” that contribute to obesity, which is known to raise one’s risk of heart disease, cancer, and other ailments.
Nine of the 10 countries expected to experience the greatest increases in obesity by 2035 are low or lower-middle income nations in Africa and Asia—”often the least able to respond to obesity and its consequences,” according to the report. This is owing to a shift toward sedentary behavior, more highly-processed foods, weaker food control policies, and lacking health care services related to education and weight management. The federation—made up of health, scientific, research and campaign groups that work closely with global agencies—recommends taxes and restrictions on food marketing be used to push people away from high-fat, high-sugar foods. It also calls for healthier foods in schools.
Come on people!
Get some exercise and eat a better diet and all this can be avoided.
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You have to look at a map of where there are no McDonalds. The people in countries with no McD (or equivalent) are rarley obese.
America wants everyone to be fat, it would seem.
Best wishes, Pete.
Appears so for we are the masters of ‘junk food’. chuq
Two points: the term “food insecurity” is now part of our everyday conversation, yet the world is heavier than ever… also read a few years ago that portion sizes have gone up 40% since the 70’s…food companies and restaurants decided that since the population wasn’t growing fast enough, they’d have to sell more food to the same people…and it has worked
Today we have less food for more money…..but I get your point. chuq
Well, it follows the trend of getting you to consume more – and now they add the extra step of charging more for what you consume.
Marketing is just another form of brain washing…..chuq
You surely do not expect the fat and pampered privileged Americans to actually get off their asses and do something good for themselves, do you? Surely you jest!
Then TV ads are lying to me….LOL chuq
TV ads are not meant to peddle truth… they are intended to create new paths of thinking so that people will buy whatever it is they are selling ..the paths of thinking need not be based on truth.. sometimes they are based on people’s wants, wishes and desires. (Example: “If you eat this can of dog food, your hair will grow back.”
“plant-based’ bullshit is a perfect example. chuq
everybody is lying to us all the time about everything.. nothing new here …
That is the American culture these days….lie to get the desired outcome. chuq