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Causes of growing obesity

What factors are causing the growth in obesity?

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1 billion people are overweight and 0.5 billion people are obese
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Causes of growing obesity
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Evolving food system
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Calorific intake (consumption) is increasing
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Different eating patterns – e.g. increased snacking
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Reduced physical exercise
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Shift to complex / processed food
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The obese poor tend to be poorly nourished as well
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People who are obese are more prone to infectious diseases
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Poor people in rich countries tend to be more obese than rich people
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