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Health problem: Obesity

Currently, more than 1 billion adults are overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Current obesity levels range from below 5% in China, Japan, and certain African nations, to over 75% in urban Samoa. But even in relatively low prevalence countries like China, rates are almost 20% in some cities.Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. An estimated 22 million...

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