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Obesity and overweight recorded an 8.6-fold increase in India’s rural areas over 14 years, compared to a 1.7-fold increase in urban areas over 20 years. In the rural areas of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh where we’ve been working, we found that...

Interesting items from my inbox … The obesity epidemic is taking over the world According to this article, one-third of the world’s population is now obese.  Hey, remember when the big concern was worldwide starvation?  I guess...

By Dr. Mercola Last year, an analysis revealed that more than half of the world's obese people congregate in 10 countries: United States, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Obese Americans accounted for about...

Schools around the world, like this one in Melilla, Uruguay, are trying to introduce healthy eating habits to bring down rates of obesity and overweight. Credit: Victoria Rodríguez/IPS By Farangis Abdurazokzoda WASHINGTON , May 31 2014 (IPS)...

By Michelle Malkin ~ Like millions of other American parents, my husband and I received a warning letter from the BMI police last week. Our active, healthy eighth-grade daughter is “very lean,” according to her school-administered &ldquo...