Chew on this, America: A new study shows the U.S. tops the list of fattest countries. The latest analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 found that more than half of the world’s 671 million obese individuals live in 10 countries, with the USA No. 1 on the list, followed by China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan and Indonesia. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found the number of overweight and obese people increased from 857 million in 1980 to a belt-popping 2.1 billion in 2013. The increases were found in both adults, up 28%, and children, up a stunning 47%, in the past 33 years. “Like most epidemics, obesity is a communicable disease that travels in populations,” said Dr. Linda Fried, the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “In the U.S., poor access to healthy food, limited physical activity and inadequate support of programs like WIC (Women, Infants and Children nutrition program) and Head Start place young people on a path towards lifelong obesity that is difficult — but not impossible — to change. “Obesity increases risk for other diseases and greater difficulty getting a job,” Fried added. “Legislators… Read full this story
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