date:Dec 20, 2012
a 100% increase since 1990.
The health burden from high body mass indexes now exceeds that due to hunger, according to the report. And for the first time, noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, stroke, and heart disease top the list of leading causes of years spent sick or injured.
People are living longer than projected in 1990on average, 10.7 more years for men, and 12.6 more years for women. But for many of them, the quality of life during those years is not good. On average, people are pl