Mirto Foletto • Raul J. Rosenthal
Editors

2014

A Guide to Strategy and Techniques

The “Globesity Epidemic” is the biggest challenge of the New Millennium owing to its strong impact on morbidity and mortality from various chronic diseases, ranging from cardiovascular and metabolic (type 2 diabetes) disorders through some forms of cancer and musculoskeletal disorders. The death toll each year already numbers nearly three million people around the globe, much more than that due to underweight. This plague is spreading equally in developed and underdeveloped countries, and recent economic constraints are worsening the picture. Beyond health risks, obesity is usually also laden with a social burden of prejudice and discrimination that is associated with low incomes, depression, and poor quality of life.