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World's population is getting fatter
WASHINGTON Mar 5: Tin world's population is growing — at the waist. For the first time, in history, there may be as many people overweight. 1.1 billion, as underfed, re-searchers report, (he says AF
Just Ixx ausr people are gaining weight does not mean the world is belter led or healthier (han il was (wo decades ago when millions more were starv-inu. the e.iivironinenlal research group Worklwatch histi lute said in a report released Sunday, bi fact, the report says being obese and underweight oi ten results Irom (he same prob k.n. iiu.Liutrition's.
In some countries there is a growing 'weight gap. Well-off
Brazil and some other drvelop-Inu nations are mowing lai as Ilie poor go hiiiiurv.
America and oilier wealthier
countries have the opposite problem: The richer and belter educated tend to rat right while (he poor often balloon Irom a .11.1 l chcup UK| lady Iasi loods.
"Olfen, nations simply have traded hunger lor obesity, and diseases of poverty lor diseases ol excess." said Worldwatch researcher Brian Halwell. who wrote the report with fellow re si-archer Gary Gardner.
hi (he United Stales. 55 per cent of the population Is over weight, with one In lour adults considered obese according to the most recent surveys cited In the re|x>rl.
t’osMla. Britain and Ger-loany atsu have overweight majorities. UN studies shown.
In comparison. 56 per cent of BuiigliidesliKpopulatloii Is un leiweight. The figure is 53 per cent of India.
sharp reductions ol under weight children In Asia and Latin American since 1980. the number of underfed children continues lo grow In the poorest countries, in sub-Saharan Africa.
Both the overweight and the underweight live in worlds oi sickness, disability. shortened life expectancy and lower pro duclivhy levels. Halwell said.
This is not based on some lashloii magazine's noting ol proper weight or (hr standard set by the latest sitcom si.ir. but on a widely accepted Inter national standard. Hnlwell said.
The ronrltislons nre based uh Ilir imhIv mass index." or UMI. with 19-25 considered normal.
"We have (he coexistence ol a sizable and growing population
ol overweight people with a uer-sisicnt population of underweight people in poorer coun Iries." Halwell said. Both groups suffer from malnulriUon. he said a condition of nutritional deficiency often associated only with those who have too little lb
Worklwatch cites nutrition programs In Cuba and Kerala state in India as significantly reducing the number ol underweight people 9y focusing on vulnerable wonien and chil dren. In Singapore, a school programme called the Trim and Fit Scheme has cut obesity among children by up lo 50 per cent.
The Worklwatch report also proposes a tax on foods based on nutritional value per calorie with fast food items getting tin highest tax and liesh fruits and vegetable possibly sold tax-free.