{"id":74001,"date":"2012-06-27T10:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=74001"},"modified":"2012-06-27T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:35:41","slug":"half-a-billion-extra-people-on-the-planet-the-result-of-global-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/half-a-billion-extra-people-on-the-planet-the-result-of-global-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Half a Billion Extra People on the Planet: The Result of Global Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This week’s study from the BMC Health Journal<\/a><\/strong> found that of the 6 percent world\u00a0population North America holds, 34 percent of the world’s biomass is found here due to obesity rates. In other words, the United States is number one on the list for heaviest country even though the country’s population makes up a very small percentage of the worlds\u00a0population.\u00a0In\u00a0comparison, Asia holds an impressive 61 percent of the worlds\u00a0population\u00a0but only 13 percent of\u00a0biomass\u00a0caused by obesity. These differences are not only unbelievable, \u00a0but incredible as well and not in a good way).<\/p>\n

What all of these complicated numbers and percentages come down to is if every other country had the same percentage of overweight people<\/a><\/strong> that America does, it’d be like adding and extra one billion to the worldwide\u00a0population\u00a0due to the excess body mass.<\/p>\n

Researchers\u00a0measured\u00a0this\u00a0study\u00a0through\u00a0energy by the weight\u00a0<\/em>of the\u00a0population\u00a0rather than by the quantity of people. They did this because it\u00a0actually\u00a0takes more\u00a0energy for an obese person to\u00a0function\u00a0than it does the average size person. For the different\u00a0countries\u00a0BMC\u00a0used their data on BMI and height to\u00a0estimate\u00a0the average body mass a person should have and then\u00a0calculated\u00a0how overweight they were based on that.<\/p>\n

This study took place in\u00a02005, when world-wide adult human biomass weighed\u00a0about\u00a0287 million tonnes.\u00a0About\u00a015\u00a0million of that was due to\u00a0individuals\u00a0who are considered overweight (their BMI<\/a><\/strong> is over 25) which equals\u00a0enough\u00a0extra body\u00a0mass to add another 242\u00a0million people. If things were that bad seven years ago, it’s hard to\u00a0imagine\u00a0what the numbers are racking\u00a0up to today.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, the BMC said, “Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people living on the earth.”<\/p>\n

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Photo From obesityinamerica.org<\/em><\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obesity is More Expensive for Women<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

25% of\u00a0Americans\u00a0are Obese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Consequences of the Obesity\u00a0Epidemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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