Obesity is no longer just a rich country's problem. It's now taken hold in poor and emerging countries and is rapidly developing into an insurmountable health crisis.
Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers are on the march in nations ill equipped to treat sufferers or educate others about the dangers of getting too fat.
It’s predicted that by 2030 one billion people will be obese, so how will the world cope with its ever expanding waistline?
Globesity - Fat's New Frontier
Foreign Correspondent · Season 21 · Episode 14
Obesity is no longer just a rich country's problem. It's now taken hold in poor and emerging countries and is rapidly developing into an insurmountable health crisis.
Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers are on the march in nations ill equipped to treat sufferers or educate others about the dangers of getting too fat.
It’s predicted that by 2030 one billion people will be obese, so how will the world cope with its ever expanding waistline?
Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers are on the march in nations ill equipped to treat sufferers or educate others about the dangers of getting too fat.
It’s predicted that by 2030 one billion people will be obese, so how will the world cope with its ever expanding waistline?
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Season
21
Episode
14
Air Date
24/Jul/2012
Air Time
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Runtime
30 min
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