One may ask why is obesity is such a universal problem? Being obese is a huge problem because, it affects a person’s health and it makes other daily life activities more difficult. There are major risks of diseases such as: diabetes, heart diseases, and cancer. If people would cut back on what they consume and simply exercise, Obesity wouldn’t be such a big epidemic. According to the author of this article, there once was a study done that proved that higher-class countries had higher obesity rates than the lower-class countries. This statement is no longer true, because Obesity rates have tripled since 1975. It was around the time fast food chains were becoming more popular. Statistically,out of 1.9 billion people in the world , 650 million
