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Studies Show Growing Problems Of Non-Communicable Diseases In Low-, Middle-Income Countries
"Obesity rates have doubled worldwide since 1980," according to a study published Friday as part of a series in the Lancet that also looked at global blood pressure and cholesterol trends, ABC News reports (Carolo, 2/4). "The data show that in 2008 one in three adults in the world was overweight (BMI ?25 kg/m2) and one in nine adults was obese (BMI ?30 kg/m2). Since 1980 the average body mass index (BMI) has increased in all regions, but now middle income countries have caught up with high income countries," BMJ News writes.
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