2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
According to a study by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the number of people suffering from obesity has almost quadrupled. This means that between 1980 and 2008, the number of people with overweight problems increased to nearly 1 billion people.
During these years, the developed world has grown from 321 to 557 million people, and people with overweight have increased from 250 to 904 million people.
According to data from the institute, obese people today are much more in developing countries than in rich ones. Other information also states that 1.46 billion of older people worldwide are obese, or almost a third of older people.
Such data are extremely alarming, experts say. According to them, if this trend continues, in time we will all witness the growth of people suffering from various diseases - diabetes, cancer and others. There will be no less cases of stroke and heart attack.
Since 1980, obesity in Mexico and China has almost doubled, and in South Africa it has increased by a third.
The explanation for this problem is quite clear, say the experts who do the research. In developing countries, incomes are rising, people are starting to avoid cereals, foods that contain fat and sugar, and are trying to eat more meat.
The main cause of obesity worldwide, in addition to changes in diet and consumption of mainly harmful foods is the lack of any movement. Sedentary lifestyles have become a daily occurrence for most people - fewer and fewer children play sports and more and more stay at home in front of computers or TVs.
According to Steve Wingis, a representative of the Overseas Development Institute, it is necessary to follow a healthy diet. In addition, the attractiveness of any food that has absolutely no nutritional value must be significantly reduced.
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