Though the study by The Economist is US specific, but a walk around the globe in the emerging world would tell a different story. T
The world in general is getting obese & cities in East Asian domain hardly had children that were obese even 20 years back have more obese children than ever before.
Probably the infiltration of processed foods with high sugar , fat& carbohydrate contents into households with ever increasing disposable income is to be blamed.
Not only the probability of having generations suffering from lifestyle diseases are likely to go up, but the overall cost of maintaining a healthy society worldwide is shooting up with acute pressure on each resources, man made & natural.
According to one estimate the world is already overweight by almost 12% & on top the population implosion in last 70 years have almost trebled.
Is our future generations would be living in a healthy world or would be scampering & fighting for more resources to remain fat instead of fit?
The world in general is getting obese & cities in East Asian domain hardly had children that were obese even 20 years back have more obese children than ever before.
Probably the infiltration of processed foods with high sugar , fat& carbohydrate contents into households with ever increasing disposable income is to be blamed.
Not only the probability of having generations suffering from lifestyle diseases are likely to go up, but the overall cost of maintaining a healthy society worldwide is shooting up with acute pressure on each resources, man made & natural.
According to one estimate the world is already overweight by almost 12% & on top the population implosion in last 70 years have almost trebled.
Is our future generations would be living in a healthy world or would be scampering & fighting for more resources to remain fat instead of fit?