More Than 10% of Planet’s Adults Obese

Almost half a billion adults—10% of the adult population worldwide—were obese as of 2008, a new study finds. That’s nearly twice the 1980 rate, reports Scientific American . On average, each decade has seen a body mass index inch up 0.4 to an average of 23.8 in…

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More Than 10% of Planet’s Adults Obese

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