Obesity is a growing problem, affecting over 10% of men and 15% of women worldwide in 2011. Restricting fast food advertising on television could reduce childhood obesity by 18% according to US researchers. Mexico has high obesity rates, with every seventh adult classified as obese, second only to the US among developed nations. Children of obese mothers may be at higher risk of autism or developmental delays according to a study from the University of California, Davis. Experts argue that obesity should be treated through medical means like other chronic diseases, and significant measures are needed to address its rising economic and health impacts.

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2. In 2011 more than
10 percent of men
and more than 15
percent of women
suffered from
obesity in the
world

3. The ban of advertizing of fast food on television
can reduce number of children with an excess
weight at 18%, researchers in the USA consider

4. Every seventh
adult Mexican has
obesity, and
among the
developed
countries of the
world Mexico
cedes on this
indicator only the
USA

5. Scientists from the University of California at
Davis (University of California), USA, found
that children born to obese women, often
victims of autism or developmental delays

6. Competent medicinal therapy of obesity is
necessary the same as at any other chronic
disease

7. The problem of excess
weight costs very
sharply and every
year is more and
more aggravated, for
this reason
acceptance of
cardinal measures is
necessary, experts
consider