Obesity is now killing triple the number of people who die from malnutrition as it claims more than three million lives a year worldwide, according to a landmark ... But using statistics, scientists are able to tease out one factor from the other to give estimates of how many people die from one particular cause. read more
More people now die from obesity than malnutrition (Picture: Reuters) There were 1.5billion dangerously overweight people worldwide last year, while 925million were underfed, according to the Red Cross. read more
Generally, I would say more people die of starvation than obesity, at the moment. If you check the "life expectancy by country' link provided, you will see all the countries you associate with starvation to have the lowest life expectancy. read more
Obesity killing three times as many as malnutrition Obesity is now killing triple the number of people who die from malnutrition as it claims more than three million lives a year worldwide, according to a landmark study. read more