The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980. The Overseas Development Institute said one in three people worldwide was now overweight and urged governments to do more to influence diets. In the UK, 64% of adults are classed as being overweight or obese. In US, 70% over overweight or obese.
To make things go in the other direction and have more people get thinner, societies need to restructure so that the easy or automatic behavior pattern is one with better diets and more exercise. This the case with poverty and poor health in the developing world where people get unclean water. We cannot expect them to know to buy the Chlorine and alway remember to buy the Chlorine and then put it into their water. The healthy option needs to be the default action.
The executive summary and full report go into details on what is happening.
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To make things go in the other direction and have more people get thinner, societies need to restructure so that the easy or automatic behavior pattern is one with better diets and more exercise. This the case with poverty and poor health in the developing world where people get unclean water. We cannot expect them to know to buy the Chlorine and alway remember to buy the Chlorine and then put it into their water. The healthy option needs to be the default action.
The executive summary and full report go into details on what is happening.
Read more »
