The World Is FatBy: Barry Popkin A compelling look at the global trends that have led to today's obesity crisis The planet's 1. 6 billion overweight people by far outnumber the 700 million who are undernourished. This figure would have seemed ludicrous just fifty years ago. As a result of unprecedented trends in technology, globalization, government policy, and the food industry that are changing how we eat, drink, and move, we now live in a world populated by