Obesity and overweight

Fact sheet N°311

Updated January 2015

Key facts

Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.

In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were
overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese.
39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in
2014, and 13% were obese.
Most of the world's population live in countries where
overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
42 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese
in 2013.
Obesity is preventable.
Electricity basics Lesson 2

Introduction.

It is difficult to imagine life without convenient electricity. You

just flip a switch or plug in an applience, and it’s there. But,
how did I get there? Many steps go into providing the reliable
electricity we take for granted.
In this lesson, we will take a close look at this phenomenon
from the fuel source to the home, including the power plant and
the electric power grid. We’ll explore the role of electic utilities
in the generation, transmission and distribution of electicity.
Why Kids Hate Practicing

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Jacinth Piano Studio

It is highly probable that 99.8% of the entire population of
children hates to practice.  It is also the most common
complaint of parents who worry why their kids refuse to leave
their friends and Xboxes behind for a couple hours with scales,
metronome counting, and Beethoven.  After all, who really
prefers work over fun?  It’s not just coincidence that those two
words are hardly ever synonymous.
The Growth of Oak Trees

Written by carly reynolds

Live oak trees are an evergreen tree that can thrive in a variety
of locations. As the locations change, so do the characteristics
of the oak tree. The live oak tree is majestic in nature due to its
size and lifespan.
PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS: LANL
Chemistry Division » Periodic Table of Elements
 
About the Periodic Table of The Elements?
The periodic table is the most important chemistry reference
there is. It arranges all the known elements in an informative
array. Elements are arranged left to right and top to bottom in
order of increasing atomic number. Order generally coincides
with increasing atomic mass.
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the

Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by
the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park
Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a
national program to coordinate and support public and private
efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and
archeological resources.