With the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic in the news we're not hearing as much about obesity as we used to but it's still a growing problem that's now spilling over to developing nations. I work on a product in this area and was really surprised how big of an issue obesity and diabetes is is in the middle east. (https://qz.com/1504345/americas-other-unhealthy-legacy-in-th...) It's mostly driven by CPGs and Fast Food chains looking for growth in emerging markets (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/health/ghana-kfc-obesity...., https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/obesity-uk-usa-developi...)
> Of all high income countries, the United States has the highest rates of overweight and obesity, with fully a third of the population obese-a rate projected to rise to around 50 percent by 2030.