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04-01-2016, 07:12 PM
There are **w more obese adults in the world than underweight adults
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LONDON — The number of adults classified as obese **w outweighs the number of underweight adults worldwide, according to (http://press.thelancet.com/BMI.pdf) the largest ever obesity study,*published in the Lancet.*
SEE ALSO: Britain is putting a sugar tax on soft drinks (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/sugar-tax-budget/)
The research — led by scientists from Imperial College London, and involving the World Health Organization (WHO) and over 700 researchers across the globe ——*analysed body mass index (BMI) values among adults between 1975 and 2014.*
In total, the study used estimates from nearly 1,700 population-based studies for more than 19.2 million men and women in 186 countries. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/overweight-underweight-study/)
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LONDON — The number of adults classified as obese **w outweighs the number of underweight adults worldwide, according to (http://press.thelancet.com/BMI.pdf) the largest ever obesity study,*published in the Lancet.*
SEE ALSO: Britain is putting a sugar tax on soft drinks (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/sugar-tax-budget/)
The research — led by scientists from Imperial College London, and involving the World Health Organization (WHO) and over 700 researchers across the globe ——*analysed body mass index (BMI) values among adults between 1975 and 2014.*
In total, the study used estimates from nearly 1,700 population-based studies for more than 19.2 million men and women in 186 countries. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/overweight-underweight-study/)
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