Fighting against fat

Expanded waistlines are becoming the norm with one in three adults worldwide considered overweight, and one in 10, obese.

The World Health Organisation urges action against obesity as poor nations get fatter.

ALARMED at expanding waistlines around the world, the United Nation’s health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis, proposing an action plan that includes taxing unhealthy snacks and rules against marketing junk food to children.