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> Children under 5 who are overweight (high weight-for-height): 40 million (5.9%) > School-age children and adolescents who are overweight: 338 million > Adul
by hycaria 7y ago
> Children under 5 who are overweight (high weight-for-height): 40 million (5.9%)
> School-age children and adolescents who are overweight: 338 million
> Adults who are obese: 672 million (13% or 1 in 8 adults)
Impressed that there is overall more overweight/obese people than starving ones.
- Kaiyou 7y agoDiets aren't that popular nowadays, so I'm not surprised.
- swarnie_ 7y agoDiet is now a dirty word which has been twisted and broken by marketing execs. the concept of a 8-12 week diet (read: dramatic change of nutritional intake) is laughable as a long term solution.
- Kaiyou 7y agoIt has the power to get anyone back down to normal weight. From there they need to make adjustments to not get overweight again. Which will be easier after such a diet, since the habit of eating is already broken, taste buds have reset and the body won't crave energy to maintain his overweight level.
- hanniabu 7y agoOt maybe it's because of all the poison in processed food meant to make people want to eat more of it and also drive down costs with unhealthy filler ingredients and cheaper alternative ingredients
- Kaiyou 7y agoEating that type of food is still a choice. The Internet and an abundance of human knowledge is at the tip of the finger of most people.