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September 3, 2006 16:11:22.632

I'd call this report on the abundance of obesity progress, actually - having more obese people than malnourished ones is a huge step forward in historical terms:

The world now has more fat people than hungry ones, according to World Health Organisation figures, with more than a billion overweight people compared to 800 million who are undernourished.

Which is not to say that widespread obesity is a good thing - simply better than the historical norm.

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Any fewer malnourished

[Carl Gundel] September 3, 2006 19:33:57.023

I didn't see any mention in the report whether there were actually fewer malnourished people, or merely more obese people.

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