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2024.09.07 17:30 GMT+8

Tackling the Global Obesity Crisis - The Agenda

Updated 2024.09.07 17:30 GMT+8
The Agenda

Obesity has been called the greatest threat to global health. Over a billion people - that's about one in eight - are already obese, and this could soar to 50 percent by 2035. China is also grappling with this crisis, with over 10 percent of children now severely overweight. So just how bad is the obesity crisis? Who is responsible, and what can be done to address it?

To find out more, on this episode of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Julianne Willian s, Noncommunicable Diseases Technical Officer at the WHO Europe, An Pan, Professor of Epidemiology at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Simon Wright, Food Broadcaster and Educator.

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