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=__Fast Food Nutrition Statistics __ =
 * ** A small set (Hamburger, Coke, & Fries) **     [[image:http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/coca-cola.jpg align="right" caption="http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/coca-cola.jpg"]]

Calories: 650 Fat: 22 (g) Saturated Fat: 6 (g) Trans Fat: 4 (g) Sodium: 670 (mg) Carbs: 53 (g) Protein: 14 (g) Sugar: 46 (g) Calories: 1420 Fat: 59 (g) Saturated Fat: 16 (g) Trans Fat: 9.5 (g) Sodium: 1390 (mg) Carbs: 210 (g) Protein: 31 (g) Sugar: 95 (g)
 * ** A large set (Hamburger, Coke, & Fries) **

 For more information on nutritional facts on fast food products:[|Fast Food Nutrition]  __OBESITY Statistics __ People are getting fatter almost everywhere in the world. The World Health Organization predicts there will be 2.3 billion overweight adults in the world by 2015 and more than 700 million of them will be obese. Figures for 2005 show 1.6 billion adults were overweight and 400 million were obese. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7151813.stm

By looking at the map below, it is clear that North America is suffering from the highest number of obese with 40% of it's population being so. In comparison, European countries suffer less from this epidemic and have smaller numbers. However, It's still clear that obesity is evident in Europe as almost all central european nations have obesity rates averaging from 5% to 20%. In Asian countries, massive populations tend to bring down the percentage, but don't let this fool you as 5% could mean millions of people. Australia and NZ are also nations with growing obesity problems like the USA.


As seen from the graphs above, the number of overweight people is in fact well over 1.5 billion. It is estimated that by 2015, the number will sky rocket to almost 2.5 billion people. The number of obese, meaning people with a BMI of 30 and over, stands at approximately 0.4 billion and is predicted to increase to around 0.6 billion people. Even though it seems like small change from the graph, it's way more dramatic than what we think. If statistics like these continues to grow, imagine the world 10, 20, 50 years from now.

For more statistics on global obesity: [|BBC Health News]

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