From BBC news: Health experts gathering in the Austrian capital, Vienna, have warned that obesity is rising to epidemic proportions.
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Its a shame this article does not explicitely blame our bad eating habits or give any advice, but instead it says that scientists are considering new research (obviously on animals) for new drugs etc to overcome the problem. Its frustrating that the answer is so simple - nutritional education, banning the unethical food lobbying by big companies and a plant based economy!