Obesity Awareness

"Obesity is a severe health problem worldwide. Around 1.6 billion adults (over the age of 15 years) are considered to be overweight and 400 million, obese. By 2015, it is currently expected that 2.3 billion individuals around the world will be overweight and 700 million will be obese"

 

- Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, PhD & Associate Professor in the Discipline of Thoracic Surgery.