indicators of econ-obesity growth
Obesity is still on the rise. In many cities there have been decade-long campaigns to improve healthy food access, spread information about health risks, and new national efforts to get children active – are they not working? Latest estimates predict that by 2030 almost half the adult population will be obese. Recently, the CEO of … Read more
Global Malnutrition and the Politics of Food
Whether they are starving or eating too much, children around the world are malnourished. A full belly doesn’t necessarily mean that a child is getting proper nutrition from the food that they eat. Obese children are just as nutritionally deficient as children who have bloated bellies from hunger. The result is a global generation of … Read more
Map of the Week: How far away is McDonalds?
I’ve been doing a lot more thinking about mapping obesity related to my work as a weight loss counselor working with obese teenagers. This map hit me as an incredible representation of mapping obesity, food security, and the ubiquity of fast food. HT @iambored_com Original article at DataPointed
