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| HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THREAT FROM OBESITY - WHO REPORT |
OBESITY - PREVENTING AND MANAGING THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC WHO Report of a Consultation on Obesity Geneva 3-5 June 1997
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The medical burden of obesity threatens to overwhelm health services,
warns a new WHO report.
New preventive public health measures should be aimed at wider cross-sections of societies around the world rather than concentrating on those already affected, the report adds. The 276-page document is a major step forward in recognizing the global
epidemic of obesity. Issued in early summer, the limited distribution
report was the result of a wide-ranging consultation with experts in the
field of obesity.
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The three-day consultation was arranged with the support of the International
Obesity Task Force in Geneva last year to deliver evidence of the escalating
problem of obesity and to establish a scientific consensus on the need
for urgent action.
A further WHO Technical Report Series document on obesity is expected to be published before the end of the year. Copies of the consultation report, WHO/NUT/NCD/98.1 can be obtained
from:
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