Disaster Half of world on track to be overweight by 2035 - Africa and Asia are expected to see the biggest rises in obesity, the World Obesity Federation says.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64831848

More than half the world's population will be classed as obese or overweight by 2035 if action is not taken, the World Obesity Federation warns.

More than four billion people will be affected, with rates rising fastest among children, its report says.

Low or middle-income countries in Africa and Asia are expected to see the greatest rises.

The report predicts the cost of obesity will amount to more than $4tn (£3.3tn) annually by 2035.

The president of the federation, Prof Louise Baur, described the report's findings as a clear warning to countries to act now or risk repercussions in the future.

The report in particular highlights the rising rates of obesity among children and teenagers, with rates expected to double from 2020 levels among both boys and girls.

Prof Baur said the trend was "particularly worrying", adding that "governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social, and economic costs on to the younger generation" by assessing "the systems and root factors" that contribute to obesity.

The effects of obesity's prevalence on lower-income countries is also highlighted in the report. Nine of the 10 countries with the greatest expected increases in obesity globally are low or lower-middle income states in Africa and Asia.

Reasons include trends in dietary preferences towards more highly processed foods, greater levels of sedentary behaviour, weaker policies to control food supply and marketing, and less well-resourced healthcare services to assist in weight management and health education.

Lower-income countries are "often the least able to respond to obesity and its consequences".

The findings estimate that rises in obesity rates around the world will have a significant impact on the global economy, equating to 3% of global Gross Domestic Product.

The report emphasises that its acknowledgement of the economic impact of obesity "is in no way a reflection of blame on people living with obesity".

The data published in the report will be presented to the UN on Monday.

Obese is a medical term used to describe a person with a high excess of body fat.

The report uses body mass index (BMI) to make its assessments. BMI is calculated by dividing an adult's weight by the square of their height.

A woman on a treadmill in China

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Fatties. Fatties everywhere.

 

[Lurker]

WE'RE DOING IT, REDDIT

 

[anti SJW]

So if more than half the population of the planet is fat. Does that make being overweight and fat the new normal since it will be the average person's weight?

 

[AnsemSoD1]

Wall-E's just a movie. Right?

Now we need to get a hold of one of those japanese robots and convince it to fight the globohomo.

 

[cactus]

Mexicans are obese because Coke keeps stealing their water thus making the Mexicans drink Coke.

 

[QuatoLives]

Once food consumption and BMI metrics
start becomming calculated into the
future 'carbon footprint' taxes, things will
really start to get interesting.

 

[Matajudios]

Reminder to all fatties: you aren't human. Sneed it.

 

[The handsome tard]

Im sure that we will eventually hear about the "miracle thinning" benefits of eating bugs soon enough.

 

[ZeCommissar]

They say the WALL-E is the future, what they don't show is that the 10% of people that would remain skinny due to discipline, genetics, and other factors would be the new kings. The lean shall inherit the Earth.

I'm interested in how this is going to affect socialized medicine. Having a significant portion of your population be fat fucks that keep sucking up medical care despite being "healthy at every size" does not put a good taste in the mouth of people that can learn to put down the fork and take care of themselves. Why should I have to pay for the healthcare of some fat fuck who's had diabetes, kidney failure, and uses the scooters at Walmart at the ripe old age of 45? Let them die, or pay for it themselves.

Fat people consume more resources. Not just food which is obvious, but more overlooked things as well. Space, fuel, and healthcare are just a few off the top of my head. For every 100 pounds in a vehicle it's estimated that you lose 2% fuel efficiency by MPG. Sure even if you weigh 200-300 pounds that doesn't sound like much, but add your fat fuck wife, and your fat fuck kids and things start adding up. Add millions of fat fucks driving on the road and things really start adding up.

Save the Earth and burn the fat.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

And in the article, it includes a video from a Mexican primary school, where they are using "bicycle desks" because they're so damn obese, it's getting truly out of control.

Americans can now rejoice and say that their obesity numbers are skewed because of all these fat Mexicans in the US.

If it wasn't for the noise, I'd be all for schools having bicycle desks.

 

[DankSmoker]

The "World Obesity Federation" sounds like something out of a Douglas Adams book.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

It should be illegal to sell trash food, some standards should be set. I don't mean candy or chips, but actual food that's just ruined by unnecessary added sugars and such. Something should be done about prices too, vegetables and fruit shouldn't be more expensive than a personal pizza.

Advertisements should also be limited in reach and content, with none targeted toward minors.

I'm sure free market enthusiasts and personal responsibility gurus will seethe at these ideas, but the reality is half the world being fat is kind of a problem and Wall-E shouldn't be our future.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Is TLC really planning to expand the My 600 Pound Life show to other countries as well?