Mexico has overtaken the United States as the world's fattest nation, according to a newly released United Nations report. 70% of ... How Mexico got so fat and is now more obese than America .... Once reserved for special occasions, the carbohydrate and lard-loaded dishes now get eaten on a daily basis. read more
His findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2009, show that your odds of becoming obese rise by 57% if you have a friend who becomes obese and by 40% if your sibling becomes obese."We're social animals," Christakis says. read more
Diabetes alone kills as many as 70,000 people a year in Mexico -- roughly equal to the deaths authorities say are caused by more than six years of the country's gangland wars. More than 400,000 new cases are being diagnosed every year. read more