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Edited by Robert H. Eckel. 592 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003. $129. ISBN 0-7817-2844-4.

Economic globalization is associated with a worldwide rise in the incidence of obesity. If the United States and United Kingdom can be considered the first "fat lands," most ethnic groups in other parts of the world, especially in the developing countries of South America and Central Europe, are experiencing the same trend toward an obese population. The number of overweight persons — 1 billion — now exceeds the number of malnourished persons — 850 million. However, even though any report of a new discovery related to obesity instantly appears in the media, physicians are not really interested in the condition. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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