Obesity worldwide is increasing quickly in rural areas than in cities, a study reported Wednesday, May 8 challenging a long-held assumption that the global epidemic of excess weight is mainly an urban problem. Data covering 200 countries and territories compiled by more than 1,000 researchers showed an average gain of roughly five to six kilos per woman and man living in the countryside from 1985 to 2017. On the other hand, city-dwelling women and men put on 38 and 24 percent less respectively, than their rural counterparts over the same period, according to the findings, published in Nature. "The results of this massive global study overturn commonly held percepti...
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