Obesity Prevention is Focus of Global Nutrition Transition Conference

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ORLANDO, Fla., Mar 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Physicians and nutrition scientists from around the world gathered today in Orlando for the opening of the Global Nutrition Transition Conference
in order to discuss emerging trends and grass roots solutions to the
global obesity epidemic employing balanced nutrition and teaching
healthy active lifestyles.
The conference is addressing what is termed the Nutrition Transition -
the effect of the globalization of the Western diet which is changing
dietary patterns and the incidence of overweight and obesity throughout
the world. Conference presenters focused on the dramatic increases in
the incidence of overweight and obesity in countries where, until
recently, obesity was virtually unknown.

Today's speakers included Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center
for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, Seattle;
Dr. Anoop Misra, director of the Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
department of the Fortis Group of Hospitals in New Delhi, India; Dr.
Nataniel Viuniski of Unimed Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Dr.
Linong Ji of Peking University in China; and Dr. Marion Flechtner-Mors
of the University of Ulm, Germany.

As developing countries become more prosperous, they begin to share some
of the health problems of the industrialized world - including huge
increases in the number of adults and children who are carrying excess
weight. In countries such as India and China, the recent migration to
cities from rural areas and the increase in personal incomes has been
accompanied by an increased incidence of overweight and obesity.

"While America and Mexico currently have the highest rates of overweight
and obesity worldwide, rates are skyrocketing in Asia, particularly in
India and China," said Ji.

Current trends in the global diet have led to rising consumption of high
fat, high sugar foods, which can displace local eating habits. As the
food supply shifts, calorie intake goes up, but nutrient quality
suffers. And activity levels are dropping, too. "As a result, China has
seen its obesity rates nearly double since 1989, and 20% of India's
citizens are overweight or obese," notes Ji.

At the same time, the incidence of obesity-related diseases is also on
the rise. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
predicts that between 1998 and 2025, the number of people with type 2
diabetes worldwide will double - to 300 million - and that the majority
of the increase will be in the developing world. Moreover, 80 percent of
all heart disease in the world in the next 10 years will be due to
diabetes type 2 associated with overweight and obesity.

The benefits of a total nutrition solution - one which encompasses the
inclusion of a range of plant foods, and an emphasis on low fat proteins
and healthy fats - is a cornerstone in building new dietary patterns.
But the challenge will be to improve the nutritional quality and
diversity of the world's diet, while meeting demands for taste,
convenience and value.

"One consequence of globalization is that the world's people are
consuming more foods that are energy rich, but nutrient poor," notes
Drewnowski. "And while convenience foods save time and money, restoring
the nutrient balance of the global diet should be top priority. As long
as there is limited access to healthy, affordable foods, nutrient
supplements will be needed to help fill nutrient gaps," he adds.

The Global Nutrition Transition Conference aims to explore the impact of
this dramatic shift in diet and exercise patterns on world health, and
to present insights into combating what is now a universal concern.

The two-day Conference is being sponsored by Herbalife. Drs.
Flechtner-Mors, Ji, Misra, and Viuniski are members of Herbalife's
global Nutrition Advisory Board.

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