Scientists battle obesity overload (original) (raw)

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It sounds amusing: government officials are patrolling the streets of Philadelphia with weighing scales in an effort to persuade locals to lose weight after their city was voted fattest in America by a men's fitness magazine. But fat isn't fun and obesity is on the increase the world over.

A new report by the UK's National Audit Office (NAO), NAO's “Tackling Obesity in England” is one of many to call attention to the alarming increase in obesity rates worldwide. According to the report, most people in England are either fat or obese. It reveals that 58% of adults are overweight or obese, having a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25 (BMI is calculated by dividing the weight of a person in kilograms by the square of the height in meters). And 20% are obese, having a BMI over 30.

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    Laura Bonetta

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Bonetta, L. Scientists battle obesity overload.Nat Med 7, 387 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/86405

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