Globesity (globe + obesity) is a big concern

Obesity is on the rise. According to the International Obesity Task Force in London, England, there are almost 2 billion overweight people around the world. 

Moreover, over 300 million of these overweight people are obese. Even more alarming, many are young children.

Obesity has spread rapidly to all corners of the world. Not suprisingly, a brand new word has been coined to talk about this phenomenon: globesity.

Read a WordPress blog article, Obesity: A Worldwide Issue to learn more about this globally important issue.

Do you think this a problem in your country?  Post a comment.

Comments

[Lee Kyoung Bok]

Obesity is a big problem in our country, too. I think the causes of obesity are fast food and lack of exercise. Nowadays, we are usually easily worn out from work easily and our children are infatuated with pc games. I think the ways which stop the obesity are just proper aliment therapy and exercise. We We are awakening to the seriousness of this problem ourselves and we are trying to change our life steadily.

[Jun, Mi-Hyang]

These days, obesity has become a big issue worldwide. Let's think about our diet. Young people like high calorie food. For example, instant foods, noodles, meat, shrimp, beer, and so on. They don't get much exercise either. They need regular exercise. We have to be concerned about our well-being. Obesity causes diseases in adult people; for example, hypertension, iabetes milletus, and heart problems. We have to know that it is more difficult to lose weight than to gain weight.

[Yumi]

I think that obesity is big problem not only in Korea but also in the world. Most Korean children are getting fatter and fatter because of the unhealthy food they eat. Nowadays, most children like fast food. In addition, they don't exercise. If they want to escape from obesity, they should eat good food and do regular exercise.

[Seon Mi]

There are not many obese people in Korea. When I came here, I was surprised to see many obese people in America. Nowadays, there is a trend to eat greasy,western style food. If people eat these foods, they will get fatter and fatter. We should eat less western fast food.

[Ki]

Well in Korea, obesity has became a problem in society. Obese kids are a problem just like in other countries. However, the biggest problem is that most women think they are obese, but they are not. So in Korea, you can rarely find plump women. Skinny looking is good, but healthy looking is the best.

[Ilsoo Yoon]

It is true that obesity is on the rise in Korea. I think the reason of this is happening is because of globalized life. Many fast food chains are coming into Korea such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King. These junk foods make people get fat. To stop this problem, people need to work out everyday even a few hours, and control their eating habits. People who are getting fatter have to avoid oily food such as burger or other fried food.

[Adel]

I think obesity is definitely our country's problem. Even though the number of Korean obese people are less than American's, obese people are more and more popular. The reason is relative to our diet, because The diet includes much fat. And we usually avoid exercise and just want to relax after finishing meals. So we should eat low-fat diet and exercise regularly. Those are best way to decrease obesity.

[Jiro]

Actually obese people are inclined to increas in Japan. But it is less serious than in U.S.A. It is important to solve it that people have a sense of self control and the goverment make an effort to keep informing the risk of obesity to the people.

[Great Andy]

I think it is a problem all over the world. In my contry, only 10~20 years ago we had to hard work, but now we don't need to work hard because of improvement of science. We have become lazy.

People don't like to exercise. In addition, our food is greasy. This problem has spread to the whole world as well as my country. In order to overcome being overweight, exercise is the best policy.

[Eugene Rhim]

Fast food bring obesity. Many teenagers are like to eat fast food, so teenagers are become more obese than before in my country. Also, high-tech bring obesity. It makes people lazy.

[Justin]

Nowadays, there is no doubt that obesity is major health problem so, everyone is looking for diet things. Therefore, diet food or medicine business rise new big items of market economy.