More Than 40 Percent of America Could be Fat by 2050

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Global health costs related to obesity are believed to rack up about $2 trillion each year – nearly 3 percent of the world’s total GDP – according to a report published recently by <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/how_the_world_could_better_fight_obesity" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Link: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/how_the_world_could_better_fight_obesity">McKinsey Global Institute</a>consulting firm.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The report estimates about 2.1 billion people, or nearly 30 percent of the world’s population, are either overweight or obese. Up to 20 percent of health care costs in some developed countries are attributed to treating obesity or associated complications, according to the report.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> <img height="359" src="http://rt.com/files/news/21/d1/40/00/13.jpg" width="640"></div> </div>

More Than 40 Percent of America Could be Fat by 2050

Global health costs related to obesity are believed to rack up about $2 trillion each year – nearly 3 percent of the world’s total GDP – a...

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