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Re:Stomach of Dead Whale Contained 'Nothing but Nonstop Plas... by organsnyder on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:08AM (#19430387)
Is that because hunger has been diminished, or because obesity has increased?
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Re:Stomach of Dead Whale Contained 'Nothing but Nonstop Plas... by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @11:15AM (#19431561)
I believe both are true.
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Re:Stomach of Dead Whale Contained 'Nothing but Nonstop Plas... by maxwell on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @11:56AM (#19432019)
I thought I read that obesity is growing faster than undernourishment, but I can't find a source on that now.

It looks like the number of obese [1] and undernourished [2] humans are both currently 700-800+ million.

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477817

2. http://www.fao.org/3/I9553EN/i9553en.pdf

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