A third of adults in world 'are overweight or obese'
More than a third of all adults across the world are overweight or obese, a report from a UK think-tank has revealed, leading to calls for governments to do more to tackle the growing crisis.
Action called as obesity crisis grows globally
More than a third of all adults across the world are overweight or obese, a report from a UK think-tank has revealed, leading to calls for governments to do more to tackle the growing crisis.
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) said that the number of people affected in the developing world almost quadrupled between 1980 and 2008 to nearly one billion.
In the UK some 64% of adults are overweight or obese, classed as having a body mass index greater than 25.
The ODI warned that changing diets and over-consumption of food linked to increased prosperity in the developing world was largely behind the change.
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