The World Health Organization announced this month that one billion people in the world are overweight, while only 800 million are malnourished.
Even in China, over 20% of the people in certain cities are seriously overweight.
The WHO believes this problem constitutes a global epidemic which could, one day, cripple economies.
Yikes! This sounds like a problem we should be trying to solve.
Well, that was the purpose of a four day conference on the treatment and prevention of obesity which was organized by the North American Society of the Study of Obesity.
I haven’t seen any reports as to what they came up with. However, with over 2000 “experts” attending, I’d expect it’s something pretty good.
I’ll keep my eyes open and report their findings when they’re ultimately released to the public.
Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of Finally, the Straight Scoop About Weight, Nutrition and Fitness
