Something for the sweet christmas holidays...
Americans have expanded even more just above the belt. Six out of ten Americans can be classified as overweight, according to a recent survey. Simultaneously there are a volatile increase in the minor and major cities of people who are starving or are malnourished, among them a growing percentage of children. According to a recent report from World Watch Institute there are now over 1.1 billion overweight people on Earth and the number is increasing worldwide.
WEEK 53 Dec 18th to 24th 2000
AMERICANS EVER FATTER
The recent numbers are confirming the "myth" of fat Americans, a myth no longer. 35 percent of the population can be said to have a "definitive overweight", while as much as 26 percent have such a width that they can be classified as Fat.
- There is absolutely cause for worry, says physicians and nourishment experts.- There was reason for worry 25 years ago when the first bloated youth started appearing in greater numbers, and there is a much greater danger today, while fat people are about to become the norm. A few pounds overweight aren't necessarily a health risk, but what we're seeing these days are beyond any common sense.
Related news: 1.1 BILLION OVERWEIGHT WORLDWIDE
In the United States 61 percent of the population is overweight. Annually 300000 Americans indirectly die because of this.
For the first time in history there is an overweight... errr majority of the population in some societies who can be said to be fat. This is now a major health concern and a threat to the general welfare, medical experts are stating.
MAJOR PARTS OF EUROPE ERODED
One third of the total area of possible and used agriculture soil in Europe is eroded or is threatened by erosion, a report from the UN organization UNEP is flatly stating. In major parts of Southern and Eastern Europe, around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the soil is so damaged that it's unfit for cultivation. Population increase, global warming, pollution and acid rain are the most important reasons for this.
Both the breadbaskets of the Ukraine and in the American Midwest are under "attack" by the human way of life at the start of the 21. Century.
Entered 2000-12-21