ROME/NEW YORK, 17 OCTOBER 2019 (UN NEWS CENTRE)—Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a recipe for soaring global obesity rates, even in countries where many still suffer from hunger. On World Food Day, which falls on Wednesday, the UN’s food agency, FAO, is calling for action […]
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Palau ranks 3rd in most obese countries in the world
Palau ranked third in the list of most obese countries in the world this year with more than half of its population identified as obese, according to the data from the World Population Review (WPR). The WPR statistics revealed that 55.3% of Palau’s population is obese in contrast to the Cook Islands, which claimed the […]