1. Global Development and Social Justice Obesity is on the rise

3. http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/future-trends-in-global-obesity / Size Scale

10. http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/future-trends-in-global-obesity

13. http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/future-trends-in-global-obesity

14. Obese People Aged Over 18 years and by Sex In Italy, by Region Year 2007 (rates per hundred people and standardized rates) Note: Total equals the percentage of both males and females of the total population of the region. http://www.istat.it/sanita/sociosan/english.html 6.70 61.94 38.06 ITALY 8.90 62.92 37.08 Islands 7.00 59.71 40.29 South 8.00 62.03 37.97 Center 5.60 63.64 36.36 Nord-East 5.50 62.96 37.04 Nord-West 8.80 62.64 37.36 Sardinia 9.00 62.92 37.08 Sicily 9.10 62.43 37.57 Calabria 8.30 58.18 41.82 Basilicata 6.70 60.61 39.39 Puglia 6.50 58.14 41.86 Campania 6.50 56.92 43.08 Molise 6.60 59.85 40.15 Abruzzo 7.40 62.59 37.41 Lazio 8.30 59.39 40.61 Marche 8.50 64.88 35.12 Umbria 8.50 61.31 38.69 Toscana 6.30 64.00 36.00 Emilia-Romagna 7.80 60.78 39.22 Liguria 5.60 66.06 33.94 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 5.20 63.46 36.54 Veneto 4.20 54.22 45.78 Trento 3.50 57.97 42.03 Bolzano-Bozen 3.80 55.84 44.16 Trentino-Alto Adige 4.80 63.16 36.84 Lombardia 5.50 60.91 39.09 Valle d'Aosta 6.10 63.64 36.36 Piemonte Total Females Males

15. 2008 State Obesity rates 24.60% 52.20% 67.90% Wyoming 32.80% 61.30% 70.20% Mississipi 24.30% 53.60% 70.00% Minnesota 28.90% 54.00% 70.70% Michigan 20.90% 45.20% 66.40% Massachusettes 26.00% 54.80% 68.40% Maryland 25.20% 51.10% 69.50% Maine 28.30% 53.20% 69.00% Louisiana 29.80% 56.70% 73.60% Kentucky 27.40% 53.00% 73.60% Kansas 26.00% 51.00% 71.40% Iowa 26.30% 54.30% 68.80% Indiana 26.40% 51.90% 71.70% Illinois 24.50% 51.90% 67.30% Idaho 22.60% 47.80% 65.60% Hawaii 27.30% 55.30% 70.50% Georgia 24.40% 48.70% 66.90% Florida 21.80% 49.80% 56.50% Washington DC 27.00% 54.00% 69.80% Delaware 21.00% 46.60% 69.40% Connecticut 18.50% 43.30% 62.60% Colorado 23.70% 50.40% 66.80% California 28.70% 53.30% 73.30% Arkansas 24.80% 47.70% 68.30% Arizona 26.10% 56.00% 70.90% Alaska 31.40% 57.60% 74.00% Alabama Total Female Male State 25.40% 51.90% 71.40% Wisconsin 31.20% 59.30% 74.70% West Virgina 25.40% 51.50% 67.50% Washinton 25.00% 51.60% 65.90% Virginia 22.70% 49.10% 65.50% Vermont 22.50% 48.30% 64.70% Utah 28.30% 53.70% 70.30% Texas 30.60% 58.80% 72.00% Tennessee 27.50% 52.90% 72.60% South Dakota 30.10% 56.65% 70.40% South Carolina 21.50% 49.90% 66.50% Rhode Island 27.70% 53.20% 71.30% Pennsylvania 24.20% 50.00% 68.50% Oregon 30.30% 56.65% 72.30% Oklahoma 28.70% 53.80% 69.10% Ohio 27.10% 52.40% 76.70% North Dakota 29.00% 56.10% 70.50% North Carolina 24.40% 50.30% 65.40% New York 25.20% 51.00% 65.00% New Mexico 22.90% 49.50% 67.90% New Jersey 24.00% 49.00% 73.20% New Hamshire 25.00% 48.80% 70.20% Nevada 26.60% 53.90% 70.50% Nebraska 23.90% 50.10% 70.10% Montana 28.50% 56.90% 71.70% Missouri Total Female Male State

17. Projected prevalence of obesity in adults by 2025 http://www.iuns.org/features/obesity/tabfig.htm#Table%203

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