In 2017, it was estimated that over 4 million people died as a direct result of being overweight and or obese. From 1975 to 2016, children, age 5-19 showed an increase from 4% to 18% globally in obesity and overweight rates! With statistics like this, it's no wonder author Akash Raju felt a calling to publish his experience with and knowledge of this crisis. In his breakout book, Obesity: An Epidemic, Raju dives deep into complexities of obesity on many different levels. He asks, and answers, questions such as:
How a person's life and habits could be contributing to obesity
What role does the community, large and small, have on improving the obesity rates
How the history of obesity affects the present and future aspects of the epidemic
With this in-depth overview of the many myths and truths about this disease, Raju creates a path to holistic and science-based approaches for combating this relentless killer. Obesity: An Epidemic is exactly the book anyone struggling with obesity or looking to gain a science-based perspective of the disease will want to read over and over again.