World Obesity Day is celebrated on March 4, one of the main global public health crises and scourges. Obesity is a persistent problem that in recent decades has acquired pandemic dimensions, and that coexists and interacts with another pandemic: that of social inequalities. obesity is more frequent in more unequal societies: It is more prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, in the most impoverished areas, in groups with a lower educational level, in women, and in ethnic minorities. Furthermore, the situation is worse among those who experience multiple and simultaneous social disadvantages.
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