The Role Of Obesity In The Twentieth Century

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Introduction In the last two decades they have changed many behaviours due to advancing industrialization and rising incomes, which had immediate impact on the lifestyle of people. Some of the most obvious changes associated with the phenomenon of obesity in the twentieth century are the industrial processing of food, increasing car use, the expansion of the culture of fast food and sedentary. Cutler et al, 2008). It's not just hunger the only global food concern. It was found that the increasing average weight gain also has serious health implications, without distinguishing the level of development of countries. (Popkin et al, 2012), The reason why this issue has become relevant within the priorities in studies of health economics and