9th International Congress on Obesity: information for the media
9th International Congress on Obesity August 24-29 2002 S'£o Paulo, Brazil Obesity is headline news almost every day of the week. Legal actions against junk food, talk of a "fat tax", rising levels of childhood obesity worldwide with the new added complication of type 2 diabetes emerging in youngsters, along with increasing pressure on the health and medical authorities worldwide to take action make this a top health story to follow. So what is driving the global epidemic of obesity? What are the factors putting a whole generation of children at risk? What are the links between obesity and diabetes, heart disease and cancer? Covering everything from genes and metabolism to epidemiology, p