Fattest Country in the World? Mexico Has Highest Obesity Rates, FAO Finds Latin Times
go to original June 7, 2013

Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy Program in Mexico City, comments on how Mexico's obese population has rapidly increased over the years. (cctvamericasnow)

Mexico is the world's fattest nation, according to a study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The 2013 FAO report, "Food Systems For Better Nutrition", indicated that as of 2008, 32.8% of Mexican adults were obese, meaning that Mexicans made up the largest percentage of the world's obese. Of the 1.4 billion people worldwide who are overweight, 500 million are obese, while 2 billion others suffer from vitamin deficiencies of some sort.

... In January Mexico kicked off a campaign against hunger, La Cruzada Nacional Contra El Hambre (The National Crusade Against Hunger), which seeks to address the structural causes of hunger. The FAO will be a major supporter of the campaign in areas like the design and coordination of social policy instruments as well as monitoring and evaluation.

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