Obesity and Diabetes 2011

Obesity and Diabetes 2011

OBESITY :
Key facts

14. Worldwide obesity has more

     than doubled since 1980.

14. In 2008, 1.5 billion adults

     were overweight.

14. Of these, over 200 million men

     and nearly 300 million women were obese.

14. 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
14. Nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.
14. “The excess accumulation of fat
14. (adipose tissue) throughout the body”