Causes of growing obesity
What factors are causing the growth in obesity?
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Agriculture, food and land use »Agriculture, food and land use
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Improving Diet and Nutrition »Improving Diet and Nutrition
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1. Challenges for global diet & nutrition »1. Challenges for global diet & nutrition
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Large-scale malnutrition in developing and developed countries »Large-scale malnutrition in developing and developed countries
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1 billion people are overweight and 0.5 billion people are obese »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 »Evolving food system
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Calorific intake (consumption) is increasing »Calorific intake (consumption) is increasing
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Different eating patterns – e.g. increased snacking »Different eating patterns – e.g. increased snacking
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Reduced physical exercise »Reduced physical exercise
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Shift to complex / processed food »Shift to complex / processed food
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