We’re big and we’re getting bigger. One estimate from earlier this year found that almost one-third of the world was now obese (That is more than 2 billion people) and that numbers have been rising, significantly for decades.
The world’s growing obesity and the health problems that come with it are a big deal (no pun intended) and come with a significant cost.
A new report from consulting firm McKinsey estimates that the world’s obesity problem cost it $2 trillion in 2012. That’s more than alcoholism, climate change, or even drug use, and almost as much as war and terrorism or smoking.
McKinsey’s report, titled “How the world could better fight obesity”, hopes to outline the ways that things could improve, though he admits that with no major success stories in combating obesity in the past 30 years, we’re left to guess at what actually works.
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The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey, was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors with the facts and insights on which to base management and policy decisions.
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