It seems like the more fad diets come on the scene, the more of us get bigger.
Overweight women outnumber underweight or underfed women worldwide, even in developing countries and rural areas, according to a new study.
Researchers found overweight women exceeded underweight women in well over half of the 36 developing countries studied. Overall, 32 percent of urban women in the developing countries were classified as overweight compared with less than 10 percent of urban or rural women who were underweight.
Although poor countries still lag behind developed ones in the obesity epidemic, researchers say growing numbers of overweight women present a new health concern for countries where the main health threat used to be underfed and underweight women. (more…)
Is this a good time for me to do a plug for my blackinformant.com fat free bbq chicken wings???
Naw, but seriously, this is not good news for the state of global health. At this rate, those “Feed the Children” comercials will feature fat kids!
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March 13th, 2005 at 7:12 am
Uhmm excuse me sir, But can we get a balanced report here? Please cover
the numbers of overweight MEN and CHILDREN also? The US leads in obesity for
ALL segments of the population. I’m suprised at you! *smirk*
those wangs low carb?”
March 13th, 2005 at 8:16 am
I’d tried every diet in the book before the zero-carb one I’m on now. I’m 45 years old, so my metabolism has slowed to a crawl.
I’ve had amazing results with the zero-carb diet. I feel fantastic and I’m now as thin as a jogger.
As you know, the logic behind low-carb is that carbs = unneeded glucose that turns into fat. This means if you eliminate all carbs you can eat as much meat and vegetables as you want.
Love it …
Hey, this tiny edit screen sucks!
March 13th, 2005 at 11:47 am
Sepia,
Hey girl, did you read the ENTIRE article? According to the article, they will be working on the report for men and children next. For whatever reason, they started with the women.
Nobody’s mad at ya’ll