Obesity: The Global Epidemic

Obesity is turning into a global epidemic and it is changing our world. At the moment, nothing is being done to stop it and if nothing is done the obese population will quickly rise, leading to more serious consequences. For some statistics, in 1995, there were an estimated 220 million obese people. Just to prove that it is a serious, growing epidemic, in the year 2000, in just 5 years the obese population had risen by almost 100 million people.
Obesity refers to an excess amount of body fat, caused by psychological factors and a lack of exercise, and many other reasons, including genetic…