You know where this came from ? Al Jazeera. And from where did they get it? From AP. Everything’s syndicated these days.

Exploding numbers of overweight children could make today's generation the first to die before its parents, say health experts.The warning comes as more than 2,500 experts and health officials gathered in Sydney on Sunday for the International Congress on Obesity to discuss what organisers said was one of the most important global health issues.The world now has more overweight people than those who are undernourished, and obesity is the single largest contributor to chronic disease, the organisers said in a statement.

As I stated on Stephen Pollard’s site, it’s not the food alone, though this is undoubtedly a major cause. It is the lack of exercise and the lack of a culture of exercise. It’s clear as day over here where the first western ‘fatties’ are appearing among the children and they are usually the children of the well-off.Driven everywhere, pigging out on fast food. The poorer person still walks to the bus stop and then up to half a kilometre at the other end – it’s par for the course.

It comes down, people, to exercise but no one seems to want to consider this. Many still consider a fat pill is a possibility.