A new report from the World Obesity Federation estimates that more than half of the world — amounting to more than 4 billion people — will be overweight or obese by 2035 if action is not taken. The World’s Bianca Hillier shares more from the report and looks at how countries are trying to stop the rise in obesity around the world.
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