Jul 19, 2007

The number of overweight people in the world has overtaken the number of malnourished for the first time, with a billion people considered heavier than advised. …”The reality is that globally far more obesity than under-nutrition exists,” said professor Barry Popkin.

This news item appears in “Overweight people now outnumber the hungry” in The Telegraph (United Kingdom), July 18, 2007. Click here for a link to the article:

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