Obesity a bigger problem than world hunger, Lancet study says

By Catherine Armitage, Inga Ting
Updated April 2 2016 - 3:13am, first published 3:06am
Experts blame the growing obesity worldwide on the ready availability of cheap unhealthy food' Photo: Rudyanto Wijaya
Experts blame the growing obesity worldwide on the ready availability of cheap unhealthy food' Photo: Rudyanto Wijaya

Global overeating has become a bigger problem than world hunger with more people now obese than underweight, the biggest ever study of worldwide trends in body mass index has revealed.

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