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Published online 18 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020218-2

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Fat is spreading

Obesity epidemic sweeps into developing world.

Obesity is spreading to all corners of the globe, researchers warned the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. Sedentary lifestyles and fast food are causing previously unaffected populations to fall foul of fat.

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