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“Viewpoints” | The Spread of Obesity in Developing and Transitional Countries

By: Lisa Pawloski

Obesity is increasingly becoming an epidemic in industrialized nations, particularly in the U.S. where one out of every three adults is obese. However, the U.S. is not alone in this emerging public health crisis. Increasingly, transitional nations – which have long fought to simply maintain adequate nutrition among their populations – are being forced to confront a rising tide of obesity among certain sectors of their populations.     I became interested in the rise of obesity in developing and transitional countries during my doctoral work at Indiana University. I was trained as ...