SobaViolence
08-16-2006, 01:35 PM
BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4793455.stm)
US professor Barry Popkin said all countries - both rich and poor - had failed to address the obesity boom.
He told the International Association of Agricultural Economists the number of overweight people had topped 1bn, compared with 800m undernourished.
Speaking at an Australian conference, he said changing diets and people doing less physical exercise was the cause.
Professor Popkin, from the University of North Carolina, said that the change had happened quickly as obesity was rapidly spreading, while hunger was slowly declining among the world's 6.5bn population.
have another burger, Fatass McBlobbicus.
US professor Barry Popkin said all countries - both rich and poor - had failed to address the obesity boom.
He told the International Association of Agricultural Economists the number of overweight people had topped 1bn, compared with 800m undernourished.
Speaking at an Australian conference, he said changing diets and people doing less physical exercise was the cause.
Professor Popkin, from the University of North Carolina, said that the change had happened quickly as obesity was rapidly spreading, while hunger was slowly declining among the world's 6.5bn population.
have another burger, Fatass McBlobbicus.